Karl Wolf (soccer player)

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Karl Wolf (born May 27, 1924 in Bernsbach ; † November 26, 2005 there ) was a German football player.

Career

Karl Wolf has been active as a footballer since 1933 and has played in the team in his home town, Saxonia Bernsbach , since he was a teenager . In 1942 he moved to WSV Celle , where he played in the Gauliga until 1944 . His greatest success was winning the championship of Gaus Osthannover in the 1943/44 season.

At the end of the Second World War , Wolf was captured and was only able to continue his career in 1949. He started at BSG Aufbau in Bernsbach in 1949 and came to what was then BSG Zentra Aue (today FC Erzgebirge Aue) under coach Walter Fritzsch in 1950. He played there until the end of his career in 1961. He played his first game for Aue on September 3, 1950 on the 1st matchday of the second-class league season south at BSG Chemie Zeitz, where he lost 2-0 with Zentra in front of 4,000 spectators.

Wolf played his last game on November 19, 1960 in the major league at BSG Chemie Zeitz (2: 4). In the GDR Oberliga he played 233 games for Aue and scored 33 goals. In 1950 he played 16 games in the GDR league and scored 10 goals. Between 1957 and 1960 he was used in 13 games (1 goal) for the European Cup . With Wismut Aue, which temporarily competed as SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt in the 1950s and 1960s, Karl Wolf was three times GDR champion in 1956 , 1957 and 1959 and once FDGB cup winner in 1955 . He scored one goal in a total of 13 European Cup appearances for Aue.

He also came to ten missions in the national soccer team of the GDR . He made his debut in a 1-0 draw against Romania on May 8, 1954 in Berlin . He played his last international match on September 25, 1957 in Cardiff against Wales (1: 4).

His brother Siegfried Wolf , who was two years his junior, was also a successful soccer player and was his teammate in Aue for years. He formed a successful “midfield team” with him, was considered a running miracle and was praised for his outstanding fighting qualities. In their interplay, the "wolves" were feared by many opponents for their overview and their nose for goals.

His name is in line with the great footballers of his time. One of his sayings is representative of his attitude:

“I can't promise I'll play well. But that I will fight until I drop - I can promise that! "

After his playing career, he was assistant coach in Aue from 1962 to 1971 under Armin Günther , Bringfried Müller and Gerhard Hofmann . Until the 1967/68 season he was also the coach of the Wismut Aue reserve team before he became an instructor at a Wismut vocational school in 1971. Wolf died on November 26, 2005 after a serious illness.

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personal data
SURNAME Wolf, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Bernsbach
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 2005
Place of death Bernsbach