Luitpold Popp

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Luitpold Popp
Personnel
birthday March 7, 1893
place of birth Nuremberg ,  German Empire
date of death August 30, 1968
position Half Forward / Defender
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1910-1917 FC Pfeil Nürnberg
1917-1935 1. FC Nuremberg
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1920-1925 Germany 5 (1)
1 Only league games are given.

Luitpold Popp (born March 7, 1893 in Nuremberg ; † August 30, 1968 ), also called "Poidl", was a German football player.

Career

societies

Popp began playing football at FC Pfeil Nürnberg at the age of 17 before he was signed by 1. FC Nürnberg in 1917 . In the championships organized by the South German Football Association , he played in the eastern district , from the 1919/20 season in the Northern Bavarian regional league, from the 1923/24 season in the more competitive and not divided into regional leagues, and again in the 1927/28 season of the Northern Bavaria group, point games.

From 1933 to 1935 he played in the Gauliga Bayern , in one of initially 16, later increased to 23 Gauligen at the time of National Socialism as a uniform top division in the German Empire .

During his 18-year club membership - he played 870 competitive games - he won numerous regional championships because he belonged to a team that exuded dominance for more than a decade. Among his greatest sporting successes are the four German championships, where he participated in all four finals.

The tobacco lovers could become the necessary on August 6, 1922 Repeat final - the final on June 18, 1922, against Hamburger SV after the 2: 2 draw aet. To produce a winner and has been canceled due to darkness after 189 minutes - not playing to the end due to a fit of weakness. Since only seven of the eight permitted players were available to 1. FC Nürnberg after Heinrich Träger was sent off in the 100th minute and Anton Kugler was eliminated due to injury , referee Peco Bauwens stopped the game. However, Hamburger SV, who had been declared champions, renounced the title.

At the age of 41, he played his last final of the German championship on June 24, 1934 against FC Schalke 04 ; However, the club lost 2-1 through the two late goals from Fritz Szepan (88th) and Ernst Kuzorra (90th).

National team

Popp played five international matches for the senior team and scored one goal. He made his debut on October 24, 1920 in Berlin in a 1-0 victory over the Hungarian national team . In his second international match on May 5, 1921 in Dresden, in a 3-3 draw against the Austrian national team , he scored his only goal with the 1-0 goal in the sixth minute. His last game as a national player also ended in a 3: 3 draw; the Swedish national team was a guest in his hometown .

successes

Others

After the end of the Second World War , Popp moved to Wolnzach in the Upper Bavarian district of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm , because he had inherited a house there. On August 30, 1968, he died in a car accident. At the beginning of the 2006/07 season, 1. FC Nürnberg was the first Bundesliga club to name 35 stadium blocks of its stadium after famous and well-deserved players; Block 41 was named after Luitpold Popp.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Christoph Bausenwein, Bernd Siegler, Harald Kaiser: Legends - The best club players of all time
  2. ↑ "Club honors deserving players who are mentioned in the stadium blocks"
personal data
SURNAME Popp, Luitpold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Popp, Poidl (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1968