Hans Graf (soccer player)

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Hans Wilhelm Graf (born August 6, 1923 in Cologne ; † June 23, 1977 there ) was a German football player . From the establishment of 1. FC Köln until 1958, he was one of the top performers alongside Hans Schäfer and Hennes Weisweiler . From 1951 to 1958 Hans Graf was team captain of 1. FC Cologne.

Life

Before Hans Graf came to football, he played tennis and took a. a. participated in the German Youth Championship. It was more or less by chance that a friend who was playing for the Cologne district club Bayenthaler SV took him to soccer. Up to the first team, he went through all of the Bayenthaler's youth teams and developed into a center forward. After a brief stint at VfL Cologne in 1899 , he came to 1. FC Cologne in 1948/49.

In the “billy goats” he was a defender, but also used as a left runner . Together with Stefan Langen and Frans de Munck , he formed the standard defense of Cologne for many years.

In the summer of 1958, Hans Graf ended his footballing career after 10 years and 246 games for 1. FC Köln. During his active time, he had already taken over a specialist tire and car accessories store from his father Johann on Luxemburger Strasse in Cologne, which he continued to run.

Hans Graf left two children from two marriages. In 1955 he married Katharina Lentz, his second marriage. He died at the age of 53 in a Cologne hospital.

Stations as a player

  • Bayernthaler SV
  • VfL Cologne 1899
  • 1948–1958 1. FC Cologne

statistics

successes

  • 1949 Promotion to the Oberliga West
  • 1953 West German cup winner
  • 1954 West German master
  • 1954 German Cup Finals

literature

  • Dirk Innschuld / Thomas Hardt: Under the sign of the goat - the history of 1. FC Köln . Werkstatt Verlag 2008, pp. 68–113

Web links

  • Hans Graf in the database of weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Death certificate no. 5665 of June 28, 1977, Cologne registry office. In: LAV NRW R civil status register. Accessed May 31, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Count, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Graf, Hans Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 1977
Place of death Cologne