Karl Ramge

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Karl Ramge (born December 1, 1920 in Mannheim ; † August 23, 2013 in Plankstadt ) was a German football player . The mostly on the position of the left outer rotor in the former WM system players used the SV Waldhof Mannheim , stood with his club on 28 April 1940 at the final of the 1939 tschammerpokal and in the semi-finals at the German Football Championship 1940 .

Career

Ramge, who grew up on the Waldhof, went to school there and completed a commercial apprenticeship at Heubling in Mannheim, joined SV Waldhof at the turn of 1930/31 and belonged from 1938 to 1942 and from 1949 to 1949 after his return from Soviet captivity 1950 the blue-black league team as an outside runner . When Waldhof lost the away game at Freiburg FC with 1: 2 on January 15, 1939, the hour of the 18-year-old youngster struck. He made his debut eight days later, on January 22nd, in an away game against Karlsruher FV in a 1: 3 defeat at the side of teammates such as Ernst Drayß , Georg Siegel , Helmut Schneider , Ernst Heermann , Karl Bielmeier , Georg Herbold , cousin Erb and Ludwig Günderoth in the Gauliga Baden. At the end of his first season, 1938/39, the attacker's cousin, Josef "Seppl" 'Erb, had played four league games in the Gauliga Baden . For the 1939/40 season, the Gauliga was divided into three groups, he and his team emerged as champions from the North Baden group, as well as from the subsequent final round of the Baden Gaume Championship . His team was able to repeat these two successes at the end of the 1941/42 season .

In the final round of the German championship in 1939/40 , he played all six games in the group stage , finished them with his team as winners in front of 1. FC Nürnberg and Kickers Stuttgart and made it to the semi-finals with them. In this, SV Waldhof Mannheim lost to FC Schalke 04 on July 21, 1940 in Stuttgart with 1: 3. He then also played the two games for third place . Since the first encounter with SK Rapid Wien on July 21st with the result of 4: 4 after extra time did not produce a winner, this encounter was repeated a week later and lost 2: 5 in Vienna. In all nine games in the final round of the German soccer championship, Ramge wore the black and blue dress of SV Waldhof.

In the cup competition for club teams for the Tschammerpokal , which was newly created since 1935 , it was used in all eight games in 1939 when the final was reached. The final played on April 28, 1940 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium ended with a 2-0 defeat against 1. FC Nürnberg , Ramge had formed the runner row with Hans Mayer and Captain Ernst Heermann . Outstanding were the successes against Admira Vienna (1-0), Eintracht Frankfurt (1-0), Hamburger SV with their stars such as Edmund Adamkiewicz , Rudolf Noack , Erwin Seeler and Heinz Spundzeile , as well as the following three disputes in the semi-finals against SC Wacker Vienna around their top performers Josef Pekarek , Ernst Reitermaier , Karl Walzhofer and Karl Zischek . The home game on March 31st ended 1: 1 after extra time, the first repetition on April 7th in Vienna again after extra time 2: 2 and the second repetition in Mannheim in front of 20,000 spectators, again after extra time, 0: 0. By drawing lots, Ramge and colleagues moved into the final.

Ramge had his last two Gauliga missions in October and November 1942 in the games against VfB Mühlburg (2: 3) and Feudenheim (4: 2). After that, the circumstances of World War II prevented further opportunities to play.

Ramge has played several games with the Mannheim city selection and had already made his debut on March 3, 1940 in the Baden district selection in a game against Central Germany in a 7-2 win. He formed the runner row with club mate Heermann and VfR Mannheim actor Werner Feth . In October 1940 he received his draft notice and 12 months later he was shortly before Leningrad, where he was serving in an artillery unit. At the end of 1944 his unit began to withdraw, which brought him via Estonia and Latvia to the vicinity of Riga, before he was taken prisoner by Russia in May 1945, from which he was only released in 1949.

After his return from captivity, he played eight more missions for Waldhof in the 1949/50 season . He then ended his active football career first at SV Schwetzingen in the third-class 1st Amateur League North Baden and then at FV 08 Hockenheim . With Hockenheim he was runner-up in the 1st Amateur League North Baden in 1952/53 and took part in the games for the German amateur championship .

Profession and death

During his league days at Waldhof, the trained businessman was employed by the SVW's team doctor as a "medical assistant" before he found a job in the Mannheim branch of Blaupunkt . Ramge worked for the electronics company from 1954 as a warehouse clerk and later in office work. The father of three retired in 1980 and was mainly involved in the Mannheim local group of late returnees . He died at the age of 92 in a retirement home in Plankstadt.

successes

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 . Pp. 389-391.
  • Lorenz Knieriem, Hardy Grüne : Player Lexicon 1890 - 1963 . In: Encyclopedia of German League Football . tape 8 . AGON, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 , p. 305 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ otto-siffling.de: Contemporary witnesses about Otto Siffling , accessed on March 28, 2020
  2. ↑ morgenweb.de: Mourning for Karl Ramge , accessed on March 28, 2020
  3. ↑ pro-waldhof.de: Karl Ramge has passed away - the Waldhof community mourns the loss of the last player in the Tschammer Cup final in 1939 (August 24, 2013) , accessed on March 28, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Ramge, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 2013
Place of death Plankstadt