Manfred Walter

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Manfred Walter (born July 31, 1937 in Wurzen ) is a former German soccer player and later soccer coach.

Athletic career

Manfred Walter initially played from 1946 to 1951 for BSG Traktor in Nischwitz, east of Leipzig . He then moved first to BSG Motor Wurzen, then in 1953 to local rivals BSG Empor Wurzen , whose first men's team had just been promoted to the third-class Leipzig district league. In the 1956 season "Manner" Walter played eight games (without a goal) for the Wurzener in the second highest division, the GDR league .

After graduating from school, Walter learned the trade of a machinist. In this activity he worked for the Deutsche Reichsbahn from 1954 to 1960 . At 22 he became the 1960 Oberliga side SC Lok Leipzig delegated. There the 1.80 m tall defender came on March 5, 1961 for his first league assignment. After the reorganization of Leipzig football in 1963, Walter was assigned to the newly founded BSG Chemie Leipzig , which took over the league space of SC Lok Leipzig. With the Leutzschern he sensationally won the GDR championship in 1964 . The supposedly best Leipzig players were delegated to SC Leipzig before the season , which was to become the new number one in the city. This team took over the league place from SC Rotation Leipzig .

The so-called “remnant troops” from Chemie Leipzig thwarted the officials' plans and secured the title. In addition, Walter won the FDGB Cup with the Leutzschers in 1966 . Walter stayed with Chemie Leipzig until the end of his career in 1972. In total, the later regular Libero played 243 games in the GDR league and scored nine goals.

Manfred Walter made his debut in the GDR national team on January 3, 1965 in Montevideo in a 2-0 win against Uruguay . After 16 internationals, he ended his international career in 1967 in a 3-2 win against Denmark . In addition, Walter was used in nine Olympic games in 1964 . On October 23, 1964 he was at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo in the small final of the Olympic football tournament against Egypt and won the bronze medal after a 3-1 victory with his team.

Further career

Manfred Walter stayed with BSG Chemie Leipzig after his active career and initially worked as a team leader and junior coach. Between 1971 and 1992 he also took care of the maintenance of the sports facility in what was then Georg-Schwarz-Sportpark , with interruptions . In the 1981/82 season he trained the first team of the BSG Chemie Leipzig, which was playing in the second-rate GDR league at that time .

literature

  • Andreas Baingo, Michael Hohlfeld: Soccer selection player of the GDR. The encyclopedia. Sportverlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00875-6 , p. 201.
  • Hardy Grüne , Lorenz Knieriem: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 8: Player Lexicon 1890–1963. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 , p. 407.
  • Jens Fuge: The rest of Leipzig. BSG Chemie Leipzig. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2009. ISBN 978-3-89784-357-8 , page 120/121.
  • Hanns Leske : The GDR league players. A lexicon. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2014, ISBN 978-3-89784-392-9 , p. 561.

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personal data
SURNAME Walter, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Spice up