Karl Kupfer (soccer player, July 1921)

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Karl Kupfer , called "Molli" (born July 12, 1921 ) is a former German football player. After the Second World War , the all-round player at FC Schweinfurt 05 played 293 league games from 1945 to 1957 in what was then the first-class soccer Oberliga Süd, in which he scored 47 goals.

career

During the Second World War, “Molli” Kupfer, like his Schweinfurt club colleague Rolf Baier, belonged to the “Burgstern Noris” soldier eleven, in which the Uebelein brothers from 1. FC Nürnberg, Hans “Abel” and Julius “Uttla” were an integral part . Karl "Molli" Kupfer was one of four top division players named Kupfer and stepped in at FC Schweinfurt wherever he was needed: as a lively striker, as a runner and defender, even as a goalkeeper. He was known for taking on opponents, referees and spectators, but always good for a joke on the field and decisive hits.

After the end of the Second World War, the South German Football League was started on November 4, 1945 with the first game day . On October 14th, the Schweinfurters had already played a friendly game at 1. FC Bamberg. After 30 match days, the men around Paul Gorski , Albin Kitzinger , Andreas Kupfer , Robert Bernard , Fritz Käser and Jakob Lotz finished seventh in their debut round in 1945/46 with 33:27 points. When Nürnberg in 1946/47 in the "Mammut League" consisting of 20 clubs with a 13 point lead and a goal difference of 108:31 was able to win the championship ahead of SV Waldhof, Schweinfurt finished ninth. On the 35th matchday the "Schnüdel" on June 15, 1947 in front of 14,000 spectators had taken a point from the champions with a 2-2 draw. During this phase, "Ander", "Molli" and Karl Kupfer (5 months older than "Molli") were three players with the name Kupfer in the zero five, which often led to errors in the reporting of those days. As is often written, they were not brothers: only “Ander” and “Molli” were related. There were only distant family ties with Karl Kupfer, who later also worked for Fürth and Darmstadt. As an example, Schweinfurt opened the 1947/48 season on the first game day, September 7, 1947, with a 2: 4 away defeat at Munich 1860 with three copper in the runner row. The son of “Ander”, Rolf Kupfer , joined fourth from the 1960/61 season, when the trio from the early years of the Oberliga Süd had already ended their careers.

Consistently supported by a reliable defense, the zero fives represented a power, especially at home, the green-black did not get the air in strange places particularly. “Molli” Kupfer and his teammates achieved the best placement in the 1954/55 season with 3rd place. Equal on points with runner-up SSV Reutlingen, both showed 37:23 points, Schweinfurt finished the round and just missed the stage in the final round of the German soccer championship. An outstanding record in the last nine games with 16: 2 points had led the Lower Franconia to the top of the table. In addition to the other top performers such as Karl Kupfer, Walter Lang , Ludwig Merz and Erwin Aumeier , "Molli" Kupfer also belonged to the narrow circle of the regular cast with 29 appearances.

After the 1956/57 season, the all-rounder had played again in eleven league games, "Molli" Kupfer ended his higher-class career after a total of 293 league appearances with 47 goals.

literature

  • Hardy Grüne , Lorenz Knieriem: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 8: Player Lexicon 1890–1963. AGON-Sportverlag, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 , p. 219.
  • Werner Skrentny (Ed.): When Morlock still met the moonlight. The history of the Oberliga Süd 1945–1963. Klartext, Essen 1993, ISBN 3-88474-055-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Markwart Herzog (ed.): Football at the time of National Socialism. Verlag W. Kohlhammer. Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-17-020103-3 . Pp. 85/86
  2. ↑ Werner Skrentny (ed.): When Morlock still met the moonlight. P. 140
  3. ^ Hans Dieter Baroth : kick-off in ruins. Football in the post-war period and the first years of the upper leagues South, Southwest, West, North and Berlin. Klartext-Verlag, Essen 1990. ISBN 3-88474-454-2 . Pp. 10/11.
personal data
SURNAME Kupfer, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Molli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1921