Julius Ludorf

Julius "Jule" Ludorf (born December 2, 1919 in Datteln-Rapen ; † February 1, 2015 ) was a German football player and coach .

biography

Born in Rapen (then part of the Datteln office, since 1926 a district of Oer-Erkenschwick ) in the immediate vicinity of the Ewald coal mine, continued , he soon became a half-orphan (his mother died of tuberculosis ); At 15 he began training as a blacksmith and locksmith on Ewald and also played football, first in the youth team of VfL Rapen, then with SpVgg Erkenschwick , which was allowed to use him in the first team at the age of 16 thanks to a special permit. He did his military service in Hanover, where he competed for the 96s . He then returned to his hometown and to SpVgg. back, with which he was promoted to the Gauliga Westfalen in 1943. As a miner in a "war-important operation" he was indispensable and was not drafted into the Wehrmacht . During the war he was appointed to the Westphalian team for the first time due to his goal danger .

Oberliga West

From 1945 to 1947 the striker played with Erkenschwick in the Landesliga Westfalen, from 1947 to 1953 in the newly founded Oberliga West , where he was among the top scorers three times and was also a multiple selection player in Westphalia and West Germany. In 161 league games he scored 75 goals for SpVgg Erkenschwick and was their team captain. One of his most important sporting moments is his goal, which made SpVgg. the FC Schalke 04 in October 1947 the first competitive home defeat (1: 2) after the Second World War.

Like most of his teammates, he continued to work during the day at the Ewald colliery , on the fence of which his apartment was also located, and therefore sometimes only came to the Stimberg Stadium immediately before the start of the game and in work clothes, but he didn't have to go far: the stadium was also on the colliery site. Unlike, for example, his teammate Siegfried Rachuba , Ludorf resisted the financial temptations with which the wealthy Prussians from Münster bought their “100,000 mark storm” from the late 1940s . In the early 1950s, he was persuaded to play three friendlies in England as a guest player at Borussia Dortmund - the first flight ever for Ludorf and, as he later said, the first time after military service that he had been in the Ewald winding tower for more than 24 hours could not see.

When Ludorf Herberger had to cancel

"Jule" Ludorf did not become a national player, although he was actually in Herberger's often quoted notebook. The story is spread that he replied to a letter from the national coach asking him to attend the DFB viewing course in Duisburg on a certain date : “Dear Mr. Herberger, I would like to come to the course. But on the 25th I can't because my brother-in-law Kalli [meaning Karl Matejka, also a player from Erkenschwick] is celebrating his wedding. But I'll be happy to come another time. ”Herberger didn't answer and never invited Ludorf again. In an interview in 2007 , Ralf Piorr Ludorf asked : “Why wasn't it enough for an international match under Herberger?” And Ludorf replied: “I asked him in Cologne [at the sports university] why he didn't nominate me anymore. He just said, 'Jule, how old were you?' That said it all. In 1950, when the national team was re-established, I was already 31 years old. "

During and after his active time, Julius Ludorf trained, among other things, the A-youth of the Erkenschwicker, where he also discovered the later national player Horst Szymaniak , who was also a miner on Ewald's continuation . In the 2002 documentary In the West, the Sun went up , Ludorf could be heard and seen alongside Willi Lippens , Hans Tilkowski and other Ruhr area soccer players .

In the 1960/61 season Jule Ludorf trained the first team of SV Germania Datteln in 1961 and led them to the Westphalia Championship in the Association League, Group 1.

literature

Hans Dieter Baroth : Boys, heaven is yours! The history of the Oberliga West 1947–1963. Klartext, Essen 1988, ISBN 3-88474-332-5
Hartmut Hering (Ed.): In the land of 1000 derbies. The football history of the Ruhr area. The workshop, Göttingen 2002, ISBN 3-89533-372-7
Harald Landefeld, Achim Nöllenheidt (ed.): Helmut, tell me dat Tor ... New stories and portraits from the Oberliga West 1947–1963. Klartext, Essen 1993, ISBN 3-88474-043-1 .

Web links

The last climber to the sky. On the death of Jule Ludorf. Interview by Ralf Piorr with Ludorf from 2007 in 11 Friends .

Individual evidence

^ "Jule" Ludorf died at the age of 95. Obituary on the homepage of SpVgg Erkenschwick on February 1, 2015 (accessed on February 1, 2015).
↑ Ruhr area legend Ludorf dies at the age of 95. Obituary on Spiegel Online of February 1, 2015 (accessed February 1, 2015).
↑ The last climber to the sky. On the death of Jule Ludorf. Interview by Ralf Piorr with Ludorf from 2007 in 11 Freunde (accessed on February 5, 2015).

personal data
SURNAME	Ludorf, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ludorf, Jule (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH	December 2, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	Date rapes
DATE OF DEATH	February 1, 2015

[1] "Jule" Ludorf died at the age of 95. Obituary on the homepage of SpVgg Erkenschwick on February 1, 2015 (accessed on February 1, 2015).

[2] Ruhr area legend Ludorf dies at the age of 95. Obituary on Spiegel Online of February 1, 2015 (accessed February 1, 2015).

[3] The last climber to the sky. On the death of Jule Ludorf. Interview by Ralf Piorr with Ludorf from 2007 in 11 Freunde (accessed on February 5, 2015).