Karl Wanger, who came from the youth department of SV 1914 Roxheim, played in the Oberliga Südwest , one of the five seasons of the top German division at the time, initially at VfL Neustadt / Weinstrasse, where he played 38 league games for VfL from 1948 to 1950 when he was 12 Goals and from 1950 for 1. FC Kaiserslautern . In his first season on the Betzenberg, the left winger was promptly German champion with FCK. Even if he was not positioned in the final, he had his share of the championship: In the final, he played in all six games (one goal) and was also a regular in the league before. In 1953 Wanger was again German champion with the "Red Devils". He scored a goal in the final against VfB Stuttgart (4-1). In 1954 and 1955, Karl Wanger and FCK also made it into the final, but they lost to Hannover 96 with 1: 5 and Rot-Weiss Essen with 3: 4. Until 1957 he played for FCK, for which he scored 92 goals in a total of 158 league games, and then moved to league rivals VfR Frankenthal . In 1961 he was relegated from the league with Frankenthal, followed by direct resurgence. For VfR he was active until 1963 and came to another 100 league games with 26 goals. A total of 296 games with 130 goals are being played for the former left winger in the Southwest Football League. In addition, there are 24 appearances in the finals for the German championship from 1951 to 1956 with six goals. After he had finished his career in Frankenthal, he ran a restaurant in Roxheim and also worked as a player-coach at the local SV 1914.
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