Otto Höxtermann

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Otto Höxtermann (born August 11, 1912 in Paderborn ; † September 27, 2002 in Hanover ) was a German football player and trainer who also made a name for himself in athletics . As a footballer, he was one of the first German professionals abroad.

During his active time, Otto Höxtermann mostly played as a goalkeeper, occasionally also field player for VfB Bielefeld , Young Fellows Zurich , SpVg. Erfurt and later Arminia Bielefeld ; According to the web link below, also at Werder Bremen , Germania Halberstadt and Borussia Dortmund , but not all of these clubs have been shown. In the 1930s, albeit only for a short time, under contract with the Young Fellows , he was one of the first German professional players after Max Seeburg , Theodor Lohrmann and Emil Walter , around the same time as Walter Hanke and Oskar Rohr .

His stations as a trainer included a. TBV Lemgo (1946), VfR Kaiserslautern (period unknown), Hannover 96 (briefly in 1947), Concordia Hamburg (1947/48), VfB Lübeck (1948/49), Gut Heil Neumünster (1949) and again VfB Lübeck (briefly in Spring 1950).

Decades later, VfB goalkeeper legend Jonny Felgenhauer described Höxtermann as his best coach: "Great preparation for every opponent, no mistake was forgotten, when everyone got on the bus, everyone was given a slip of paper with their tasks."

Later Höxtermann devoted himself primarily to athletics, for years as a trainer in the DTSG from 1874 Hanover . He looked after the German runner-up in 1953 over 400 m hurdles, Helmut Kwoczek, as well as another hurdler, Fritz Butenholz, and the long jumper Erhard Mallek - later coach in the GDR - who were among the top athletes in their discipline at the time . Kwoczek and Mallek competed in several international matches, so that the former footballer Höxtermann was a voluntary DLV employee from 1952 to 1954 with a supervisory and organizational function, namely for hurdles and long jump (this position was not officially or for a fee). The DLV awarded him the Silver Badge of Honor .

Höxtermann was already an active footballer, and also after his time as a trainer in various positions as a functionary, so from 1938 to 1941 as 2nd chairman of Arminia Bielefeld, and as an honorary "gray eminence" at the above-mentioned DTSG from 1874. From 1973 to 1978 he was President of Arminia Hannover . During his presidency in 1976 , Arminia was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga . Höxtermann then acquired the grandstand roof of the Rote Erde arena from Dortmund for the Bischofshol stadium .

Höxtermann learned the trade of a businessman. In 1952 he opened an advertising agency in Hanover and later worked as a telecommunications officer for the energy supply company Hastra .

References

  1. ↑ According to Kicker No. 63/1982, page 32, there from 1935 to 1938. The same specialist journal mentions him on September 1, 1936, page 11, as the club's player-coach.
  2. ↑ “Young Fellows beat FC Baden 2: 0”, in: Neue Zürcher Nachrichten of October 8, 1934. It is a cup game and the text reads: “The Young Fellows have imported a new center forward from Bielefeld in Switzerland no very big (sic) ropes will be torn. "
  3. ↑ [1] The German Digital Library has looked up team photos with Höxtermann from 1945/46, website on August 15, 2017
  4. ↑ A big man in the VfB goal would have celebrated his 90th birthday this year ( memento from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Website on the Athletics DM, 400 m hurdles , accessed on September 16, 2013.
  6. ↑ Information in this section is based on emails sent to the author by sports journalists Klaus Amrhein and Horst Johr on September 12, 2013.
  7. ^ Website of Arminia Hannover , accessed on September 15, 2013.

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personal data
SURNAME Höxtermann, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Paderborn
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 2002
Place of death Hanover