Kurt Langethal

Kurt Langethal (born September 21, 1924 ) is a former German football player who was active in Weimar , Thale and Gera in the GDR Oberliga , the top division in GDR football .

Athletic career

Kurt Langethal was first noticed in national sports reporting when he became soccer champion in Thuringia with the KWU Weimar company sports association in 1950 . The BSG qualified for the 1950/51 season of the GDR league via a promotion round. With his five goals in eight qualifying games, Langethal played a key role in the Weimar promotion success. During this season the name of the BSG in Turbine Weimar was changed. In the league, Langethal was only used in the second half of the season and was only used in six league games in the months of January to March 1951. He came, usually called up in midfield, one goal. At the end of the season Weimar rose from the league.

Langethal then moved to the upper division Stahl Thale . There he was used from the first day of the 1951/52 season and, now playing in the storm, won a regular place in the team of BSG Stahl with 33 appearances in 36 point games.

Nevertheless, Langethal made another change and joined the league rivals Wismut Gera for the 1952/53 season . There, after had to Duisburg migrated Harry Frey be replaced. Langethal was immediately used in the top division team of BSG Wismut, played 30 of the 32 top division games and was the top scorer in Gera with his nine goals. At the end of the season, Langethal experienced relegation again, because the BSG Wismut Gera did not make it to relegation as bottom of the table. This time Langethal remained loyal to his team and played until 1956 for Gera in the second-rate GDR league , in which he played 59 games and scored 17 goals.

literature

• German sport echo : born 1952–1956. ISSN  0323-8628
• Hanns Leske : Encyclopedia of GDR football . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-556-3 , p. 287.
• Andreas Baingo, Michael Horn: The History of the GDR Oberliga. 2nd Edition. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89533-428-6 , pp. 316, 344-345.
• DFSF (Ed.): GDR Chronicle - GDR Football 1949–1991 (Volume 8). Berlin 2010, p. 245.

Web links

• Kurt Langethal in the database of the German Football Association