Herbert Hunter

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Herbert Jäger (born February 15, 1926 in the area of ​​today's Wuppertal ) is a former German soccer player who took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics as an active member of the German national soccer team of amateurs .

career

societies

At Cronenberger SC 02 in Wuppertal , the defender spent the first years of his activity in the Niederrhein amateur league. In 1951 and 1952 he played for the German amateur championship . In the first year, 1951, Herbert Jäger failed with the CSC in the semifinals at what would later become the first German amateur champion, Bremen 1860 . The revenge was successful in the semifinals in 1952 with a 1-0 win and made it into the final. On June 22, 1952, however, VfR Schwenningen prevailed in Ludwigshafen with 5-2 goals against the team around center runner Jäger. In 1951/52 TSG Vohwinkel 80 and SSV Wuppertal 04 played in Wuppertal in the 2nd League West, Group 2. The merger to Wuppertaler SV took place on July 8, 1954; too late to keep Herbert Jäger in Wuppertal. For the round 1952/53 he moved to Fortuna Düsseldorf in the Oberliga West .

In addition to Jäger, Fortuna also brought his Cronenberger teammate Gerd Hoffmann and Karl and Martin Gramminger from VfL Neckarau from the Oberliga Süd . On the first match day of the 1952/53 round, Herbert Jäger made his debut in the ranks of Fortuna in a 4-3 home win against Meidericher SV . Although he was not consistently part of the regular formation for the next few years due to injury, he made 78 league appearances from 1952 to 1957. He played his last game on May 18, 1957 in a 3-2 home win against Schwarz-Weiß Essen on the side of Jupp Derwall , Gerd Harpers , Karl Hoffmann and Erich Juskowiak .

From 1957 to 1961 he played under coach Karl Hohmann at VfL Benrath in the 2nd League West. The former Fortune completed 110 second division games and scored four goals for the black and whites from the Düsseldorf district.

German national team of amateurs, 1952

Herbert Jäger celebrated his first national success in the selection of the Lower Rhine Association. On May 3, 1951, in front of 50,000 spectators in the Berlin Olympic Stadium, the Lower Rhine won the amateur country cup with 5: 4 goals after extra time against Berlin.

The defending champion also made it into the final in 1952, but there the team from Bavaria prevailed 4-0. Due to his outstanding performance in the competitions for the German amateur championship with Cronenberg and in the regional cup with the Lower Rhine, the national coach Sepp Herberger noticed the reliable defender . When building the newly formed amateur national team in 1952, he relied on the Cronenberg defender. Herbert Jäger played six international games, including all four matches at the 1952 Olympic Games .

literature

  • Hans Dieter Baroth : Boys, Heaven is yours! The history of the Oberliga West 1947–1963. Klartext, Essen 1988, ISBN 3-88474-332-5 .
  • Jürgen Bitter : Germany's football. The encyclopedia. Sportverlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00857-8 .
  • Hardy Greens : Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 7: Club Lexicon . AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2001, ISBN 3-89784-147-9 .
  • Hardy Greens: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 1: From the Crown Prince to the Bundesliga. 1890 to 1963. German championship, Gauliga, Oberliga. Numbers, pictures, stories. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1996, ISBN 3-928562-85-1 .
  • Hardy Grüne, Lorenz Knieriem: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 8: Player Lexicon 1890–1963. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sports-reference.com: Herbert Jäger , accessed on January 4, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Hunter, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Area of ​​today's Wuppertal