Jakob Zeilfelder

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Jakob Zeilfelder (born April 29, 1899 in Mannheim ; † December 10, 1971 there ) was a German football player who was mostly active as a center forward at the Mannheim district club VfL Neckarau in the 1920s and for the team from the sports field on the Altriper ferry from 1924 to 1934 scored around 150 league goals in the Rhein / Saar district league (until 1933) and in the Gauliga Baden in 1933/34 . The fast-moving sniper was three times top scorer in the district league and won the championship in the Rhine relay with VfL Neckarau in 1927 and 1929.

Athletic career

Neckarau, until 1934

At the age of 16, the attacker Jakob Zeilfelder began his career in the 1st team of Fvgg 07 Neckarau, a predecessor club of VfL Neckarau, which was founded in 1921, in the Odenwald district class. In the 1923/24 season, VfL won the championship in the Neckar district and prevailed against SV Darmstadt 98, FV Kaiserslautern and SC Germania Ludwigshafen in the promotion round to the Rhine district. Center forward Zeilfelder scored the winning goal in the decisive game for the championship on March 2, 1924 against MFC 08 Lindenhof. The final triangle was formed by goalkeeper Jean Brucker and defender couple Karl Brose and Dern. The legendary Mannheim VfR player, trainer and educator Philipp “Fips” Rohr mentions this triumvirate in his Mannemer football and dialect book from 1992 as follows: “Today, the following saying still exists in Neckarau: 'Heaven, ass and dwarfs, Brucker, Brose, Dern. That was the unforgettable Neckarau final triangle, between 1925 and 1935. "The blue and white ferryman was a synonym for the VfL footballers due to the place at the Altriper ferry and Rohr still mentions" the Neggaraaler hawwe always en guuder football gschbield "and the footballing character of the "Pilwe" would have been straightforward, tough to "olwer", but not hurting the opponent and then seeking reconciliation. In the 1925/26 season, Neckarau and Sturmführer Zeilfelder in 3rd place behind champions VfR Mannheim and runner-up Phönix Ludwigshafen indicated that VfL had to be expected seriously in the fight for the championship in the future. Zeilfelder distinguished himself on September 13, 1925 in the 5-0 success against SV Waldhof as a three-time goalscorer and also scored both goals on April 16, 1926 in Frankfurt in the 2-0 victory of the Rhine district selection against the Main district.

The Rhine district consisted of ten clubs for the first time in the 1926/27 season. In addition to Neckarau, VfR, SV Waldhof, SpVgg Sandhofen and MFC Phönix competed from Mannheim, as well as FC Phönix Ludwigshafen, FK Pirmasens, SV Darmstadt 98, FG 03 Ludwigshafen and FV Speyer. VfL Neckarau started the round on September 5, 1926 with a high 10: 2 against Sandhofen and after the preliminary round finished first with 13: 3 points, ahead of Waldhof and VfR with 10: 6 points each. In the course of the second half of the season it became a three-way battle between Neckarau, VfR Mannheim and Phönix Ludwigshafen at the top of the table. On January 23, VfL overran championship rivals Phönix Ludwigshafen 7-1 in front of 6,000 spectators at the Altriper ferry. Five goals from center forward Zeilfelder made the meeting a "Zeilfelder Festival". With 28: 8 points, Zeilfelder and colleagues celebrated the championship three points ahead of VfR Mannheim and Phönix Ludwigshafen. In the finals for the South German Championship, Neckarau took 4th place. On the last game day, April 3, 1927, the VfL striker scored three goals in a 6-1 home win against VfB Stuttgart. The title defense did not succeed in 1927/28 with one point behind Waldhof as runner-up. The decisive game for the championship took place on the penultimate game day, December 25, 1927 against SV Waldhof. Zeilfelder brought his team 1-0 lead, but Walz, Skudlarek and Albert Brückl then shot out the Waldhof win. The years from 1926/27 to 1931/32 were VfL's most successful times in the Rhine District League. Center forward and striker “Jakl” Zeilfelder played a key role in all the successes: two championships in 1927 and 1929, three runner-up championships in 1928, 1930 and 1932. VfL Neckarau was one of the undisputed greats in Mannheim football, but the team was also beyond that around Sturmführer Zeilfelder with five participations in the finals for the South German Championship.

From the 1933/34 season, the new league structure started with the Gauliga as the top and then the district classes, 1st and 2nd district class in DFB football. The Gauliga Baden started with 10 clubs; For the first time, the best clubs from all over Baden played in a common division. SV Waldhof, VfR Mannheim and VfL Neckarau came from the Rhein / Saar district league, Rhein group, 1. FC Pforzheim, FC Germania Brötzingen, the Karlsruhe clubs FC Phönix-Alemannia, VfB Mühlburg and Karlsruher FV as well as the two Freiburgers Clubs FC and SC had previously belonged to the Württemberg / Baden regional league, Baden group. Zeilfelder belonged to the VfL Neckarau team on September 10, 1933, with which the blue-whites opened the Gauliga Baden chapter. He lost with Neckarau at the side of players like Otto Diringer , Karl Gönner , Hubert Schmitt , Eugen Lauer, Willi Großesle , Gottfried Wenzelburger and Siegfried Hessenauer with 1: 2 at the Karlsruher FV. The two goals for hosts KFV scored their center forward Fritz Müller . After the first half of the season, after two wins and four draws, VfL finished in 7th place with eight points, which it also held at the end of the round with 17:19 points. The veteran Zeilfelder had played in 14 association games and scored six goals again for VfL. At the end of his long playing career, he was mostly played as a right winger. In the clear 6-1 home win in the second half of the season on January 7, 1934 against Karlsruher FV, he had formed the right wing with Wenzelburger and contributed a goal. With the 0-3 away defeat on February 25, 1934 at VfB Mühlburg, the Neckarau offensive legend said goodbye to the competitive game. In Kirn / Natan it is noted that "Zeilfelder would have been a center forward by Willi Winkler and Paul Lipponer and when his star went out, the Neckarau's star also went out."

Selection games

At Zeilinger, his first appearance in the Mannheim city selection is recorded in the game on May 11, 1922 against Ludwigshafen (1: 1). On May 8, 1927, the Neckarau striker scored two goals in the Mannheim city game against Hanau (3: 3). In the championship year 1926/27, he was also used on June 19, 1927 in Frankfurt in the selection of southern Germany in a 4-2 win against northern Germany. He scored on the side of the teammates Georg Kießling , Georg Frank , Andreas Franz and Karl Auer a goal. He was part of the extended squad for the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam and took part in preparation for two test matches: On January 6, 1928 in Munich against Southern Bavaria, he acted alongside Baptist Reinmann , Willi Rutz , Richard Hofmann and Ludwig Hofmann as Center forward and scored a goal in a 3-1 win. Two days later, the Olympic selection in Nuremberg won 4: 3 against Northern Bavaria. He was not nominated for the final DFB squad for the Olympic tournament. He was in the team of southern Germany, which on October 13, 1929 in Magdeburg lost 2: 5 against the selection of Central Germany. The Neckarauer represented the colors of Mannheim in 1932 in games against Budapest (2: 3) and against FC Birmingham. In the 2-1 success in front of 12,000 spectators against the English professionals, he stormed on the right wing at the side of center forward Otto Siffling who scored both Mannheim goals.

Trainer

In the 1935/36 season, the previous active coach of VfL Neckarau was in the Gauliga Baden. From 1936/37 he worked as a trainer at FV 09 Weinheim.

Private

The father of two, Jakob Zeilfelder, found a job close to home as a flak soldier in Mannheim during the Second World War and gained a new foothold in professional terms in the post-war years. He gave up his previous job as an electrician at BBC and from then on ran an inn in Neckarau together with his wife. The restaurateur, who was also a co-owner of a scaffolding company, felt a lifelong connection to football and "his VfL".

literature

  • Andreas Ebner: When the war ate football. The history of the Gauliga Baden 1933–1945. Publishing house regional culture. Ubstadt-Weiher 2016. ISBN 978-3-89735-879-9 . P. 435/436.
  • Gerhard Zeilinger: The football stronghold Mannheim from 1920 to 1945. Odenwälder printing works. Buchen-Walldürn 1994. ISBN 3-929295-05-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Ebner: When the war ate football. P. 435/436
  2. ↑ Gerhard Zeilinger: The football stronghold Mannheim 1920 to 1945. P. 47/48
  3. ^ Fips Rohr: A Bloomaul on the ball. SVA Südwestdeutsche Verlagsanstalt Mannheim. 1992. ISBN 3-87804-218-3 . P. 26
  4. ^ Fips Rohr: A Bloomaul on the ball. SVA Südwestdeutsche Verlagsanstalt Mannheim. 1992. ISBN 3-87804-218-3 . Pp. 25, 30
  5. ^ Gerhard Zeilinger: The football stronghold Mannheim 1920 to 1945. P. 65
  6. ↑ Gerhard Zeilinger: The football stronghold Mannheim 1920 to 1945. P. 73
  7. ↑ cf. CD-ROM supplement in: Andreas Ebner: When the war ate football. The history of the Gauliga Baden 1933–1945. Publishing house regional culture. Ubstadt-Weiher 2016. ISBN 978-3-89735-879-9 .
  8. ^ Richard Kirn, Alex Natan: Football. Ullstein Taschenbücher Verlag. Ullstein Book No. 206. Frankfurt 1958. P. 168
  9. ↑ Gerhard Zeilinger: The football stronghold Mannheim 1920 to 1945. P. 38
  10. ↑ Gerhard Zeilinger: The football stronghold Mannheim 1920 to 1945. P. 78
  11. ↑ Gerhard Zeilinger: The football stronghold Mannheim 1920 to 1945. P. 92
  12. ^ Gerhard Zeilinger: The football stronghold Mannheim 1920 to 1945. P. 122/123
personal data
SURNAME Zeilfelder, Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jakl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1971
Place of death Mannheim , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany