Karl Politz

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Karl Politz (born August 14, 1903 in Hamburg ; † September 5, 1987 ), also called "Kalli", was a German football player . During his time at Hamburger SV, the offensive player played his only international match on January 14, 1934 in Frankfurt am Main in the 3-1 victory of the senior national team against the Hungarian national team .

Career

societies

St. Pauli Sport, 1912 to 1931

Politz, known as "the Wiesel" as a striker , played for his home club St. Pauli Sport until 1931/32 and moved to Hamburger SV in the district league of Greater Hamburg in the 1931/32 season . At the start of the Gauliga Nordmark he played the first two rounds with the "Rothosen", 1933/34 and 1934/35 , in one of the 16 highest German leagues in the German Reich , before he ended his playing career in the summer of 1935. A specialty of Politz were his precise and soulful flanks. He had learned the filigree ball handling at the beginning of the 20th century on the street - like many football greats of his time. As a toddler, he chased after "football-like structures" in the maze of streets in the Schanzenviertel . Together with the Hamburg football pioneers Hüttmann, Hatje, Meder, Jürgens, Voss and Stöterau, Politz won the North German youth championship for St. Pauli Sport, a predecessor of Grün-Weiß Eimsbüttel. The youngsters continued their successes in the men's competition up to the Elbekreis relay. This division was together with "Nordhannover" and the Alsterkreis the highest league in Northern Germany. In the 1927/28 round he won the championship in the Elbe district with St. Pauli Sport, lost the final game for the championship of Greater Hamburg on March 11, 1928 in front of 8,000 spectators with 0: 3 against the winner of the Alster district, Hamburger SV, and was thus qualified for the final round of the North German Championship in 1928 . Politz and colleagues took sixth place with 3: 9 points; they lost the game against Hamburger SV, who won the championship with 12: 0 points, on May 13, 1928 with 1: 2. During this phase, he had played with Northern Germany on April 29, 1928 in Breslau in the final game for the Federal Cup against Southeast Germany. The host's team prevailed with top performers Bruno Lehmann and Fritz Langner 2-0. Politz had formed the left wing alongside Hans Rave .

In the 1928/29 season, St. Pauli Sport finished 6th in the “Round of Ten” in 1929 and therefore played a qualifying game for the finals for the North German Championship ; Politz and his teammates lost that against Holstein Kiel with 1: 6. In the 1929/30 season Politz took 8th place with St. Pauli Sport in the major league Greater Hamburg and 7th place in 1930/31 . In the current round of 1931/32 he moved to Hamburger SV as the successor to Hans Rave.

Hamburger SV, 1931 to 1935

In the 1931/32 season, the man from St. Pauli Sport only completed an assignment for the championship-winning Hamburger SV on February 21, 1932, in a 4-0 win at ETV Eimsbüttel. He stormed right winger and scored a goal. In the games for the North German Championship , he came twice in the successes against Bremer SV (4: 2) and ETV (7: 1) and scored five goals. In the final round of the German football championship he was not used in the two games against VfL Benrath (3: 1) and Schalke 04 (2: 4); in his place, Fritz Gröber stormed on the left wing . Against Altona 93 he lost with the HSV on March 5, 1933 the playoff for the championship in Hamburg; Politz had scored three goals in 17 league games and was also the scorer of the consolation goal in the play-off. As a North German champion in 1933 , he took part in the final round of the 1933 German championship with Hamburger SV and was used for the only time in this competition in the 1: 4 defeat in the opening game against Eintracht Frankfurt .

In the first two rounds in the newly installed Gauliga Nordmark , in 1933/34 and 1934/35 , it was enough for the runner-up behind the Eimsbüttel TV . The men around Hans Rohde , Otto Rohwedder and Herbert Panse proved to be too strong and prevented HSV from entering the finals for the German championship. Politz had scored ten goals in 35 league appearances.

In the summer of 1935 he ended his league career. Politz had not only come up with top sporting performances on the pitch, he also enjoyed a high reputation for his fairness: he was never sent off! At an advanced age, the nobleman left his soccer ball on the lawn and played fistball at HT 16. The fitness program of the exemplary sportsman completed cycling and gymnastics. He lived in Eimsbüttler Osterstrasse and had been a department head of a chemical factory in Uetersen.

National team / selection appointments

The gifted left-footer played his only international match on January 14, 1934 in Frankfurt am Main in the 3-1 victory of the senior national team against the Hungarian national team . Reich coach Otto Nerz formed the left wing of the national team with the two HSVs Rudolf Noack and Politz, who played for Stanislaus Kobierski from Düsseldorf on the left wing. The young center forward of FV Saarbrücken, Edmund Conen , also made his debut in the storm center . From May 7 to 19, 1934, Politz also took part in the World Cup course, but then did not take part in the tournament. In a test match against the English professional team from Derby County (5-2) he stormed in Frankfurt on the left wing.

With the selection of the Gaues Nordmark he was also in the Bundespokal 1934/35 in the games against the Middle Rhine (3: 2 n.V.), Saxony (4: 2) and on March 3, 1935 in the semifinals in Hamburg against Central Germany ( 2: 4) in action. In each of the three games, the Nordmark-Elf took on the attacking line-up of Wilhelm Ahlers , Otto Rohwedder, Herbert Panse, Rudolf Noack and Karl Politz. Politz and colleagues lost the semifinals after a 2-0 half-time lead against the eventual cup winners from Central Germany.

successes

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chronik Verlag im Wissen Media Verlag: Chronicle of German Football. The national team games from 1908 to the present day. Gütersloh / Munich 2005. ISBN 3-577-16409-3 . P. 47
  2. ↑ Jens Reimer Prüß (Ed.): Goals, points, players: the complete HSV statistics . compiled by Jens Reimer Prüß and Hartmut Irle. Die Werkstatt , Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89533-586-0 , p. 344 (352 pages).
  3. ^ Andreas Meyer, Volker Stahl, Uwe Wetzner: Football Lexicon Hamburg . Die Werkstatt , Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-477-1 , p. 246 (396 pages).
  4. ↑ Jens Reimer Prüß (Ed.): Goals, points, players: the complete HSV statistics . compiled by Jens Reimer Prüß and Hartmut Irle. Die Werkstatt , Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89533-586-0 , p. 34 (352 pages).
  5. ↑ IFFHS: LIBERO Special German. No. D 9, Wiesbaden 1994. p. 89
  6. ↑ Jens Reimer Prüß (Ed.): Goals, points, players: the complete HSV statistics . compiled by Jens Reimer Prüß and Hartmut Irle. Die Werkstatt , Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89533-586-0 , p. 48-50 (352 pages).
  7. ↑ Jens Reimer Prüß (Ed.): Goals, points, players: the complete HSV statistics . compiled by Jens Reimer Prüß and Hartmut Irle. Die Werkstatt , Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89533-586-0 , p. 51-53 (352 pages).
  8. ^ Andreas Meyer, Volker Stahl, Uwe Wetzner: Football Lexicon Hamburg . Die Werkstatt , Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-477-1 , p. 247 (396 pages).
  9. ↑ Werner Skrentny, Jens R. Prüß: With the diamond in the heart. The great history of Hamburger SV. Publishing house Die Werkstatt. Göttingen 2008. ISBN 978-3-89533-620-1 . P. 444
  10. ↑ IFFHS: LIBERO Special German. No. D 17. Wiesbaden 1998. pp. 18-23

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personal data
SURNAME Politz, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Politz, Kalli (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH 5th September 1987
Place of death Hamburg