Karl Heckl

Karl Heckl (born April 19, 1927 , † September 16, 1988 in Munich ) was a building contractor from Munich and between 1984 and 1988 president of TSV 1860 Munich .

President of the "Lions"

In the run-up to the delegates' conference of TSV 1860 Munich on July 19, 1984, the civil engineer Heckl was named several times as a potential presidential candidate. Although he repeatedly stressed that he was not available for the office, he expressed his interest shortly before the election and was elected with a majority of 57 votes (with 27 against and 26 invalid votes).

Just three days after being elected, he suffered a heart attack and had to be treated in hospital. A few weeks later he took up his official duties with the Munich Lions. In its first year as president, the club was on the verge of relegation to the national league. That season, 1984/1985, four coaches were worn out. Bernd Patzke was the first to be hit. During a visit to the Oktoberfest , Heckl held the beer mug with the following toast in his direction: "Cheers Bernd, you are dismissed."

Before the season 1985/86 presented Heckl that "three years Bayernliga ruin the club" and bought a number of decommissioned professionals, but not always in line with expectations. A gap formed between the team and fans. Nevertheless, the Munich team reached the promotion round, in which they failed miserably. Except for a 0-0 in the opening game against Kickers Offenbach , all games were lost and 1860 was therefore last with a meager 1-11 points.

In the 1986/87 season, Heckl finally wanted a quick return to the second division. To achieve this goal, he hired the Yugoslav coach Fahrudin Jusufi and reached deep into his pocket to finance his dream player. Although the expensive team fell short of expectations, Heckl stuck to his coach for a long time. The tide turned in April 1987. The Lions had just suffered a 1-0 defeat by the amateurs of 1. FC Nürnberg , who were bottom of the table, and Lions coach Jusufi announced in the subsequent press conference: "I wish I would have a team like 1. FC Nürnberg. "That brought the emotional Heckl to a boil:" Yes, am I crazy? Mr. Jusufi was allowed to put his team together as he wanted at the start of the season. All the players he wanted were brought in. From my money! And now he's suddenly raving about a school team like the Nürnbergers. "At dinner in Munich, Heckl still hadn't calmed down:" I'm so stupid and finance my own negative experiences here. I'm starting to feel really ripped off. ”Now the break between the president and the coach could no longer be repaired. Nevertheless, Jusufi initially remained in office. But just three weeks later, after a 2-1 defeat in Weiden , Jusufi was released.

He was succeeded by goalkeeper Thomas Zander as player- coach . Although Zander caught up with the leaders SpVgg Bayreuth on points , TSV 1860 lost the important game of the championship on the last matchday in Bayreuth with 1: 3.

Looking for quick success once again, Heckl signed a new trainer, Uwe Klimaschefski, during the 1987/88 season . He also called for new players who were generously financed by Heckl. Again things went wrong and Heckl, who had previously - unsuccessfully - looked for a successor to the presidency with an offer of starting capital of one million DM, announced his resignation in April 1988, exasperated: "In the past four years I have everything in mine Power done to enable a return to the Bundesliga . In addition to great personal commitment, sacrifices in the millions and optimal conditions were not enough to guarantee the commitment of the teams as an indispensable prerequisite for success. My job was not only associated with great sacrifices, but also with a considerable loss of quality of life. "

Heckl died in September 1988 after a second heart attack. He was buried in the Munich forest cemetery.

claims

• “I'm the only person who became a millionaire at TSV 1860. Before that, I was a billionaire. "(Early 1988, shortly before his resignation)
• "All the lions laugh when Bayern go bankrupt." (From his address at the indoor tournament organized by FC Bayern Munich in January 1987; ironically, however, Heckl was himself a member of FC Bayern!)

swell

• TSV Munich from 1860 eV (ed.): Football history of a traditional club. Gotteswinter Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-00-002204-X , pp. 207-213.
• Hardy Grüne, Claus Melchior: Legends in White and Blue. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 1999, ISBN 3-89533-256-9 , pp. 156–166.