Hermann Höfer
Hermann "Stift" Höfer (born July 19, 1934 in Frankfurt am Main ; † October 22, 1996 ) was a German football player and official who won the German championship as an active member of Eintracht Frankfurt in 1959 and won the German championship in 1960 with Eintracht in the final of the European Cup the champion faced Real Madrid . He took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with the German amateur soccer team . From 1954 to 1963, the initial striker and later left defender played 224 league games and scored 17 goals in the World Cup system practiced at the time in the southern football league .
Career
Oberliga Süd, 1954 to 1963
Höfer joined Eintracht Frankfurt at the age of fifteen and remained loyal to the club until the end of his career in the summer of 1966, caused by a knee injury. In 1954, the former youth and amateur player made his debut in the first team, in which he should complete a total of over 300 games by 1966. On the last round match day in 1953/54 , on April 4, 1954, in the away game against Jahn Regensburg, Höfer was first used in the Oberliga Süd. In the 2-0 success he stormed the left wing and t scored in the 85th minute to make it 2-0. Eintracht moved into the final round of the 1954 German championship as runner-up in the Oberliga Süd . In the final round, which was shortened because of the World Cup in Switzerland, he was then used in May in the two group matches against 1. FC Kaiserslautern (0: 1) and 1. FC Köln (2: 3). In both games he formed the left wing of Eintracht together with Alfred Pfaff . In 1959, he celebrated the German championship in the Eintracht jersey.
In the championship season 1958/59 Höfer had played all 30 round matches and scored two goals. In the final round of the German championship, he was nominated by his coach Paul Oßwald in all seven matches. First in the six group matches against 1. FC Köln, FK Pirmasens and SV Werder Bremen (12-0 points) and then in the final on June 28, 1959 in Berlin against local rivals Kickers Offenbach. In the 5-3 success after extra time, he had the task of fighting the national player Engelbert Kraus on the right wing. In 1961 and 1962 , the strong and reliable defender came to the runner-up with the team from Riederwald. With the fourth place, Höfer ended the era of the first-class Oberliga Süd with Eintracht 1963 and his club was thus included in the newly introduced central soccer league for the 1963/64 season .
The sporting highlight for Eintracht as well as for Höfer was the competition in the European Cup in 1960 with the games against the teams from Young Boys Bern (4: 1, 1: 1), Wiener Sportclub (2: 1, 1: 1), Glasgow Rangers in the semi-finals (6: 1, 6: 3) and the final on May 18, 1960 in Glasgow's Hampden Park in front of 127,000 spectators against the four-time European Cup winner Real Madrid. Höfer was able to survive in a personal duel against Real right winger Canário , but the other attacking aces of the Madrilenians with Luis Del Sol , Alfredo Di Stefano , Ferenc Puskás and Francisco Gento decided after a game that was completely offensive on both sides, the final deserved 7: 3 for Real. Höfer had his first experiences in European football in the Messestädte-Pokal in 1955-57 in the ranks of the Frankfurt city selection against Basel (5: 1) and London (1: 0). His last appearance in the trade fair cup was the 3-0 home win on September 2, 1964 against FC Kilmarnock.
Bundesliga, 1963 to 1966
From 1963 to 1966 Höfer played with Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga and played 68 games in which he met once in the seasons 1964/65 and 1965/66. In the Bundesliga’s debut year, 1963/64 , he finished third with his club, tied with runner-up Meidericher SV. In addition to teammates such as goalkeeper Egon Loy , Dieter Lindner , Friedel Lutz , Alfred Horn , Dieter Stinka , Richard Kreß , Lothar Schämer , Erwin Stein , Wilhelm Huberts (29-18), Wolfgang Solz and Horst Trimhold , Höfer (29-0) only had in missing a league game. With a 3-1 success, he and his teammates reached the 1964 cup final against Hertha BSC on June 3, 1964 . He lost the final with Eintracht on June 13th in Stuttgart with 0-2 against Munich 1860.
The left defender played his last Bundesliga game on the 25th match day of the 1965/66 season, on March 12, 1966. Eintracht Frankfurt did not get beyond a 0-0 draw in their home game against 1. FC Köln. In the team of trainer Elek Schwartz , Peter Kunter guarded the goal and Karl-Heinz Wirth , Dieter Lindner, Peter Blusch and Höfer formed the defensive chain. A serious knee injury then ended the season for Höfer and also led to the end of his career. He had again completed 21 Bundesliga games (1 goal) and Eintracht had taken 7th place.
In total he came to 292 league games and 19 league goals for Eintracht.
He caused the first penalty in Bundesliga history.
Selection teams
Between 1954 and 1957, Höfer played six international matches in the German national soccer team of amateurs . He made his debut on May 30, 1954 in an international match against France (0-0) in the DFB amateur selection. He stormed on the left wing and formed the left wing with Ernst Wade from Kickers Offenbach. With the DFB amateurs, he competed on November 24, 1956 in Melbourne at the 1956 Olympic Games against the later Olympic champion, the Soviet Union , but after the 1: 2 final result, the team was eliminated from the tournament after the first game. On May 26, 1957 he was in the international match of the junior national team U 23 in Bayreuth against Czechoslovakia in action. Before goalkeeper Fritz Ewert , he formed the German defender couple with Herbert Dienelt .
In the two international A matches on June 13 and June 30, 1956 in Oslo and Stockholm against Norway (3: 1) and Sweden (2: 2), he was a member of the senior national team; National coach Herberger did not use it. From 1957 to 1959, he played several representative games for southern Germany.
Trainer and functionary
After his active career, Höfer was a youth and amateur trainer in the Riederwald for many years. In the 1981/82 season he was Vice President of Eintracht.
Other honorary positions:
- 1991–1996: Treasurer in the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge eV in the state of Hesse
- 1987–1996: Treasurer of the Association of German Football Teachers
- 1990–1996: Auditor of the Union of European Football Trainers eV
Professional career
- 1952–1955: Training as a bank clerk at the Deutsche Effecten- und Wechselbank
- 1960–1980: Branch manager at Deutsche Effecten- und Wechselbank (and their successor banks)
- until 1996: Investment and asset advisor (department director) in the successor bank Credit Suisse
successes
- German champion: 1959
- South German champion: 1959
- Final participation in the EC of the national champions: 1960
- Vice champion Oberliga Süd: 1961 and 1962
- DFB Cup final: 1964
- German floodlight cup winner: 1957
literature
- Christian Karn, Reinhard Rehberg: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 9: Player Lexicon 1963-1994. Bundesliga, regional league, 2nd league. Agon-Sportverlag, Kassel 2012, ISBN 978-3-89784-214-4 , p. 207.
- Ulrich Matheja: Schlappekicker and sky striker. The story of Eintracht Frankfurt. Publishing house Die Werkstatt. Göttingen 2004. ISBN 3-89533-427-8 .
Web links
- Hermann Höfer in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Hermann Höfer in the database of fussballdaten.de
- Entry at eintracht-archiv.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Höfer, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Höfer, pen (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer player and official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1996 |