Heinz Ludewig

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Heinz Ludewig (born December 24, 1889 in Duisburg , † May 16, 1950 in Düsseldorf ) was a German football player and coach. He played his only international match for the senior national team on April 5, 1914 in Amsterdam in a 4-4 draw against the national team of the Netherlands .

Player career

Ludewig belonged to the Duisburg SpV from 1900 to 1922 as a middle runner. At the age of 17 he moved up to the 1st team of the "red blouses". He played the first game in the final round of the German soccer championship on May 7, 1911 in Bremen against Holstein Kiel. He was already playing in the middle position alongside teammates like Christian Schilling and Walter Fischer , but the game was lost 3-1. He had his best time as a player in 1913 and 1914, when he was in the final of the German championship , but was defeated by VfB Leipzig, won the crown prince cup with the selection team of the West German Game Association and became a national player . After winning the West German championship, he moved into the final of the German championship in 1913 after successes against the Stuttgarter Kickers (2: 1) and Holstein Kiel (2: 1) in the final on May 11 in Munich against VfB Leipzig. Leipzig won the German championship 3-1. On June 8, 1913, Ludewig and West Germany won the Crown Prince's Cup 5-3 against Brandenburg in Berlin. Josef Schümmelfelder played the left wing runner and his four DSV teammates Sebastian Quatram , Heinrich Fischer , Hermann Steinhauer and Walter Fischer played in the attack of the cup winner.

He played his only international match for the senior national team on April 5, 1914 in Amsterdam in a 4-4 draw against the national team of the Netherlands . Ludewig made his debut like teammates Willi Völker , Ernst Rokosch , Albert Bollmann and Otto Harder , DSV colleague Walter Fischer stormed on the left wing. It was the last international match before the outbreak of the First World War; only on June 27, 1920 could the international series of the DFB be continued with a game against Switzerland in Zurich. The First World War prevented further success . With the DSV he won the West German championship again in 1921 , but lost in the final round of the German championship the semi-final game on May 29, 1921 with 1: 2 n. V. against Vorwärts Berlin. In 1922 he had to end his career after a serious knee injury. From 1911 to 1921 he played eight finals for the German championship with the DSV.

Coaching career

On April 3, 1925, Heinz Ludewig became the first coach at FC Schalke 04 and, with his teaching of the modern flat passing game, laid the foundations for Schalke's success in the thirties. In 1926 Schalke rose to the 1st Ruhr district class, the highest division in the west, and qualified for the final round of the West German championship. With second place behind his former club, Duisburger SpV, Ludewig also led the Schalke team into the finals of the German championship in 1927 for the first time . He was succeeded as coach at FC Schalke 04 by the Austrian Gustav Wieser .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fritz Tauber: German national football team: Player statistics from A to Z . 3. Edition. AGNON, Kassel 2012, ISBN 978-3-89784-397-4 , p. 78 (176 pages).
  2. ↑ Georg Röwekamp: The myth lives. The history of FC Schalke 04. Verlag Die Werkstatt. Göttingen 2003. ISBN 3-89533-332-8 . P. 75

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personal data
SURNAME Ludewig, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Duisburg
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1950
Place of death Dusseldorf