Ludwig Müller (soccer player)

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Ludwig Muller
Personalia
birthday August 25, 1941
place of birth Hassfurt ,  Germany
date of death June 24, 2021
Place of death Hassfurt ,  Germany
size 178 cm
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
1950-1961 1. FC Hassfurt
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1961-1964 1. FC Hassfurt
1964-1969 1. FC Nuremberg 136 (10)
1969-1972 Borussia Monchengladbach 81 0(6)
1972-1975 Hertha BSC 97 (10)
1975-1988 1. FC Hassfurt
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1968-1969 Germany 6 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Ludwig "Luggi" Müller (born August 25, 1941 in Haßfurt ; † June 24, 2021 there ) was a German football player . He was German champion three times in 1968, 1970 and 1971 with the clubs 1. FC Nürnberg and Borussia Mönchengladbach .

Career

1. FC Hassfurt, 1950–1964

Ludwig Müller learned the soccer game at the youth department of 1. FC Haßfurt in Lower Franconia. At the age of 20 he experienced the rise of his home club to the 2nd Division South. In the two rounds of 1961/62 and 1962/63 , he gained valuable game practice in the substructure of the Oberliga Süd. Due to the new classification from the 1963/64 season, he played in the first year of the Bundesliga with Haßfurt in the 1st amateur league in Bavaria . The regional leagues came directly below the Bundesliga. In the summer of 1964, the “Club” presidium brought him to Nuremberg.

1. FC Nuremberg, 1964–1969

The ambitious defender Ludwig Müller began his career in the Bundesliga with 1. FC Nürnberg under the new coach Gunther Baumann . This took over the coaching office from Jenő Csaknády , who had replaced Herbert Widmayer on November 1, 1963 . The other newcomers Anton Allemann, Rolf Wüthrich and Manfred Greif should liven up the offensive. The “Club” came in 6th place in the table in the 1964/65 round and “Luggi” had been in action 28 times. His skills stabilized the defensive around the stopper Ferdinand Wenauer . From January 3, 1967, Max Merkel took over the coaching position at Noris. With the second round balance of 20:14 points, he led Nuremberg 1966/67 to 10th place in the final table. Ludwig Müller had 27 stakes. In the 1967/68 round, Max Merkel won the German soccer championship with 1. FC Nürnberg. The defender, known as tough as iron, played a major role in the championship title. Usually the coach put him on the opposing goal-scorer, which "Luggi" then mostly took care of successfully. With 37 goals conceded, the defensive of the new champions had allowed the fewest hits. Although the storm shone with Zvezdan Čebinac , Heinz Strehl , Franz Brungs , August Starek and Georg Volkert in many games of the championship round (let's just remember the 7: 3 against Bayern Munich ), the guarantee for success was the first-class defense with Ludwig Müller, who had played 33 games. As defending champions, the team from "Zampano" Merkel delivered the next sensation in the 1968/69 season, 1. FC Nürnberg was relegated. Relegation was sealed after the 3-0 defeat on June 7, 1969 at 1. FC Köln . Ludwig Müller had played 136 games with 10 goals for Nuremberg from 1964 to 1969.

Borussia Mönchengladbach, 1969–1972

After two third places in the 1967/68 and 1968/69 rounds, coach Hennes Weisweiler at Borussia Mönchengladbach had to strengthen the defense. He signed the libero Klaus-Dieter Sieloff for the headquarters of the defensive network from VfB Stuttgart and the stopper Ludwig Müller from 1. FC Nürnberg. The two championship wins in 1970 and 1971 confirmed these measures impressively. Ludwig Müller made 67 Bundesliga appearances in the two seasons. Mönchengladbach played successful attacking football based on the quality of the defense. In the European Cup of champions in the 1970/71 series, the second leg against Everton on November 4, 1970 at Goodison Park stood out in front of 45,000 spectators. The game was drawn 1-1 after extra time and was decided on penalties. “Luggi” Müller missed the fifth penalty for Gladbach and Everton advanced to the next round. In the 1971/72 European Cup, the Bökelberg team met Inter Milan in the round of 16 on October 20, 1971 in Mönchengladbach . With 7-1 goals, Hennes Weisweiler's team outclassed the Italian champions in a playful fireworks display. When Inter striker Roberto Boninsegna was hit in the head by a rifle throw in the 29th minute and carried into the dressing room, UEFA canceled the game. It was rescheduled on December 1, 1971 in Berlin. After a serious foul by Boninsegna, “Luggi” Müller suffered a broken tibia and fibula in the 89th minute. He then took a break of almost nine months. After 14 games and 3 goals, the round 1971/72 was over for him. Since the full restoration of performance was delayed and the competitors (Bonhof, Bleidick, Rosenthal, Sieloff, Surau, Vogts and Wittkamp) were at a very high level in Gladbach's defensive squad, he moved to Hertha BSC on the Spree at the beginning of October 1972. Ludwig Müller had played 82 Bundesliga games and scored 6 goals for Borussia Mönchengladbach between 1969 and 1972. The technically trained Vorstopper was not only a great support on the defensive, but also made a contribution to the build-up game from the defense.

Hertha BSC, 1972–1975, retired

On October 7, 1972, the Haßfurter made his debut in the dress of Herthan in a 1-1 draw against Werder Bremen . Together with Erich Beer and Lorenz Horr , he formed an axis in the Berlin game from then on. From his debut, he played 97 Bundesliga games in a row for the Berlin team and scored 10 goals. In his last game on June 14, 1975 in the Olympic Stadium, he converted a penalty in the 45th minute to lead VfL Bochum 3-0 . For his farewell in Berlin and at the end of his career, he celebrated the runner-up with Hertha BSC. From 1964 to 1975 he played a total of 314 games in the Bundesliga, scoring 26 goals.

He let his career end with 1. FC Haßfurt. At the age of 52, he suffered another broken tibia and fibula in a game.

National team

Ludwig Müller received his first appointment to a DFB team for the junior national team's game against England on May 25, 1965 in Freiburg, which his team won 1-0. By winning the German championship in 1968, he played briefly in the national team under national coach Helmut Schön . During the two prestigious games against England and Brazil on June 1 and 16, 1968, he formed the runner row with Klaus Fichtel and Wolfgang Weber . The matches were won 1-0 and 2-1. In the relegation round of the "Club" in 1968/69 he came to three other missions in the national team.

successes

Outside the square

During his active time, Ludwig Müller ran two women's clothing stores with his wife Margot in his hometown of Haßfurt. Ludwig Müller died on June 24, 2021 after a serious illness in his hometown.

Web links

swell

  • Jürgen Bitter : Germany's national soccer player: the lexicon . SVB Sportverlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00749-0 .
  • Matthias Kropp: Triumphs in the European Cup. All games of the German clubs since 1955 (= AGON Sportverlag statistics. Volume 20). AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1996, ISBN 3-928562-75-4 .
  • Matthias Weinrich: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 3: 35 years of the Bundesliga. Part 1. The founding years 1963–1975. Stories, pictures, constellations, tables. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1998, ISBN 3-89784-132-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Tauber: German national soccer players. Agon Sportverlag, Kassel 2012, ISBN 978-3-89784-397-4 , p. 87.
  2. ↑ Ludwig "Luggi" Müller. In: glubberer.de. September 5, 2017, accessed April 10, 2021 .
  3. ↑ Hans Strauss: Luggi Müller died at the age of 79. In: mainpost.de . June 25, 2021, accessed on June 26, 2021 (beginning of article with statement freely available). Former national soccer player: Ludwig Müller is dead. In: Spiegel Online . June 25, 2021, accessed June 26, 2021 .
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Müller, Luggi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Hassfurt
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 2021
PLACE OF DEATH Hassfurt