Michael Grunerwald

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Michael Grünerwald (born November 17, 1899 , † August 1974 in Fort Lauderdale , Florida , United States ) was a German football player.

Career

Green Forest was one of 1917 until February 1924 the 1. FC Nuremberg as a defender on. In the championships organized by the South German Football Association , he played point games 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.

During his club membership he won six regional championships. One of his greatest sporting successes was the German championship he won 5-0 against Vorwärts 90 Berlin on June 12, 1921 in Düsseldorf .

Although he played a total of 166 competitive games for the club by March 1924 and was considered to be technically limited - Grünerwald stood out less for ball skill and more for “fighting strength and commitment” - he never belonged to the absolute core formation.

Much more he stands for the problem that 1. FC Nürnberg had on the right side of the defense. There, in 1920, when winning the first German championship for the club, Anton Kugler tried himself , but after the departure of Jean Steinlein he switched to the left side of defense and became a permanent club there. Grünerwald took Kugler's place on the right and was in the final of the successful title defense in 1921 . In the first of the two finals in 1922 against Hamburger SV, Grünerwald was still in the starting line-up. He then missed the second final because his ankle sprained during a stop on the way to the final location. In his place then played substitute Reitzenstein . In the course of 1922, Emil Köpplinger replaced him as the right defender of the regular formation.

In March 1924 he went to Frankfurt am Main and joined the Eintracht there, for which he played in the Main District League until 1925. For him, 19 point games, in which he scored four goals, and three games in the competition for the South German Cup , in which he scored one goal, are documented.

successes

Others

In 1926, Grünerwald emigrated to the United States . He settled in New York . The partnership in an art print shop brought him prosperity. During a friendly game trip of 1. FC Nürnberg to the USA in 1953, Grünerwald was able to greet his old teammates Toni Kugler and Heiner Stuhlfauth again .

In 1974 he died in Fort Lauderdale ( Florida ), where he had settled with his wife Sofie (1902–1982).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Bausenwein, Bernd Siegler, Harald Kaiser: The legend of the club. The history of 1. FC Nürnberg, Göttingen: Verlag Die Werkstatt, 2006, here: p. 49. ISBN 3-89533-536-3
  2. ↑ a b c d Grünerwald, Michael in: Lorenz Knierim, Hardy Green: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Player Lexicon 1890 - 1963. Agon Sportverlag, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 , pp. 119f.
  3. ↑ Bausenwein et al. 2006, p. 47
  4. ↑ Bausenwein et al., P. 47
  5. ↑ Michael Grünerwald , in: Frank Gotta: Eintracht Frankfurt Archive (January 3, 2008)
  6. ↑ Michael Grünerwald , www.glubberer.de (December 30, 2007)

literature

  • Grünerwald, Michael in: Lorenz Knierim, Hardy Grüner: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Player Lexicon 1890 - 1963. Agon Sportverlag, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 , pp. 119f.
personal data
SURNAME Grunerwald, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1899
DATE OF DEATH August 1974
Place of death Fort Lauderdale , Florida , USA