Manfred Ruoff

Manfred Ruoff (born April 9, 1935 ; † 2004 ) was a German soccer player . The striker played for TSG Ulm in 1846 in 133 games in the first-class Oberliga Süd at the time, scoring 56 goals.

Athletic career

Ruoff moved up as a teenager in the first division team of TSG Ulm in 1846, but missed with her in the summer of 1953 relegation in the Oberliga Süd. As a result, he joined the club in the II. Division , there succeeded in 1958 as runner-up in the southern season behind SV Waldhof Mannheim, the rise in the first class. With nine goals in the season 1958/59 he contributed to the relegation of the team around Helmut Zatopek and Siegfried Kronenbitter with two points ahead of the regional rivals BC Augsburgin, in the following two seasons he even scored double digits in the league with twelve goals each. Nevertheless, the team rose again in 1961, but this time managed to get promoted again. In the final season of the Oberliga before the introduction of the Bundesliga , he finished eighth with the team, having scored twenty goals in 30 games this season.

For the regional league season 1963/64 Ruoff switched to league rivals Stuttgarter Kickers , for whom he scored eleven goals in the new second-highest division in his first season. Nevertheless, the club ranked 14th in the table. six ranks behind his former play station. The following season he scored five goals in twelve games for the Swabians before ending his playing career.

Ruoff's main job was as a banker .

Web links

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