Horst herds

Horst Herden (born July 8, 1928 in Hamburg ; † April 28, 2005 there ) was a German football referee . After he was counted among the best German referees in the early 1950s and whistled games in the finals for the German championship , he headed 68 Bundesliga games between 1965 and 1972 . Herd holds the record for the highest number of referrals in a Bundesliga game. His interim involvement as a professional referee in Brazil has occasionally caused upheavals between the national football associations.

career

Already in his early years he was one of Germany's top referees and was allowed to lead a game of the final round of the German soccer championship , for example in the seasons 1951/52 and 1952/53 . Herd was known for "unconventional and sometimes daring decisions".

On the occasion of the last game of Náutico Capibaribe from the northeast Brazilian Recife in Germany on his 1953 France and Germany tour in Hamburg in June 1953, von Herden's slightly older colleague Hans Lutzkat , who "leads second-rate games in Hamburg with varying degrees of success , spoke " the Brazilian delegation asked about the possibilities for German football referees in their country.

It was probably not too difficult for the Brazilians to explain to the Germans the advantages of the Brazilian professional arbitration of those years. In Germany at that time referees received an expense allowance of up to DM 20 per game - while in Brazil a monthly salary of 7,000 Cruzeiros (around DM 1,500) plus a share of game revenues and special bonuses were expected. Clubs in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo are said to have offered twice as much.

Lutzkat and Herden were soon whistling their first games in Brazil. While the former soon made a name for himself in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, which is historically preferred by German immigrants , and led decisive games at the state championship of 1954, Herd settled in the northeast of the country, in the state of Pernambuco . There, on the "hacienda of a very wealthy patron", he won the daughter of the house as his wife. The father-in-law gave him a house at the gates of Pernambuco, " where herds resided and " carefully watered his 200 palms " .

At that time, the DFB was inclined not to allow various Brazilian clubs to tour Germany, as the Brazilian association refused to apply a ban on its two renegade referees issued by the German association. The Brazilian clubs demanded an initial bonus of up to DM 25,000 at that time, although this was reduced considerably after negotiations.

Another point that weighed on the German-Brazilian soccer relationship at that time was the sudden unloading of the top German club Rot-Weiss Essen from the Copa Rio without compensation.

The DFB particularly objected to the fact that the two German referees would have to "lose their amateur status under the compensation rates applicable to referees in Brazil" . Herden had also left his bride in Hamburg - but the Brazilians said that this was his private matter, for which he was not responsible.

In the end, the question arose as to whether the DFB was still responsible for herds at all, as this no longer fell within the DFB's area of ​​responsibility due to his leaving the club before his departure from Hamburg. Finally, the DFB left it at a suspension for the amateur area.

Return to Germany

Horst Herden returned to Germany in 1958 because his mother was ill. A ban for life became a one-year ban and Herd was allowed to start a German referee career again in the district class. After "seven years of detention" in lower leagues, he finally whistled his first Bundesliga game in October 1965 in Gelsenkirchen with the game FC Schalke 04 against FC Bayern Munich , which ended 1: 1. From 1963 he was already to be found as a linesman in the Bundesliga.

Overall, he should until April 1972, when he also in Gelsenkirchen, this time with a game of Schalke against Borussia Moenchengladbach , the well 1: ends 1, lead 68 Bundesliga games in which he six times a Sending- spoke and 14 penalty kicks imposed.

He pronounced four of those field references on April 23, 1966 in the game between 1. FC Kaiserslautern and FC Bayern. Three of them against the red devils - Uwe Klimaschefski , Jürgen Neumann and Wilhelm Wrenger - and one against the Munich Dieter Koulmann . This is still the record for being sent off in a game without the inclusion of yellow-red cards . Since Bayern won the game 2-1, it was appropriate for Herd to leave the Betzenberg under police protection. It should be noted here that, for example, in the 1970/71 and 1972/73 seasons there were only five relocations.

There is a further footnote to the game he directed in June 1971 in the Duisburg Wedaustadion between MSV and Bayern Munich. Munich coach Udo Lattek changed in the 80th minute of the game Günther Rybarczyk for Johnny Hansen - his third change in this game, although only two substitutions were allowed at the time. Herder did not notice it immediately and was only made aware of it by players from MSV Duisburg. In the 82nd minute, Rybarczyk left the field and the ailing Hansen had to go back on the field for the remaining minutes. The hosts won 2-0.

On May 1, 1972, he directed Uwe Seeler's farewell game between Hamburger SV and a prominent European team in Hamburg's Volkspark Stadium. That was his last game too. Both Seeler and Herden wanted the ball as a souvenir: therefore a different ball was used in each half. Immediately after the final whistle, Seeler and Herden hugged, who took this opportunity to pull out the red card again, albeit only symbolically.

References and comments

1. ↑ weltfussball.de: Horst Herden
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Der Spiegel, February 24, 1954: "The security of the whistle"
3. ↑ In 1955, the monthly average income of 87.5% of all German households was DM 1000 or less. (Income and consumption stratification for the larger areas of private consumption and private savings in the Federal Republic of Germany 1955 to 1974, Gerhard Göseke, Klaus-Dietrich Bedau , Helmut Klatt, Duncker & Humblot, 1978)
4. ↑ Der Spiegel, April 17, 1972: "Germans wanted"
5. ↑ On the fifth match day of the 1993/94 season on September 1, 1993, five players were expelled from the field during the game between Borussia Dortmund and Dynamo Dresden, three of them with a yellow-red card.
6. ↑ Hummel1974: Uwe Seeler farewell game - all goals , YouTube , February 6, 2010.
7. ↑ Herd drew the red card for the last time  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   , Hamburger Abendblatt , May 2, 1972 (PDF, 1.5 MB, with picture)