Paul Pömpner

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Paul "Paulsen" Pömpner (born December 28, 1892 in Weißenfels , † May 17, 1934 ) was a German football player .

Career

societies

Paul Pömpner began playing football in the youth of SC Preußen Weißenfels . He chose the pseudonym "Paulsen" in order to be better protected against the danger of his illegal club kicking being discovered as a student. Paulsen later became his trademark. At the age of 16, he moved to Halleschen FC Wacker in 1908 . The fast, spirited and all-round player who can be used in literally all positions was in the finals of the Central German championship with the Halle team in 1911 and 1912. At the age of 20 he arrived in Leipzig in 1912 - by trade as a businessman - and joined the VfB Leipzig .

In the first season with the “blue-whites” he first celebrated the championship of Central Germany and then took part in the final round of the 1913 German soccer championship . In the quarter-finals in a 5-0 win against FC Askania Forst , Pömpner, who played half right, scored four hits. In the semifinals, Leipzig used the home game to win a 3-1 win against Viktoria 89 Berlin . In the final on May 11, 1913 in Munich, VfB Leipzig prevailed 3-1 against Duisburg SpV and thus won the German championship in 1913. Pömpner scored the 2-0. Eduard Pendorf and Adalbert Friedrich were further pillars of the master eleven . The title defense failed on May 31, 1914 only in the extension. VfB lost the final against SpVgg Fürth with 2: 3 in Magdeburg . The decisive goal was achieved by the southern Germans in the 153rd (!) Minute of the game. In Central Germany, the Pömpner, who was mostly used in the storm, was also involved in the championships in 1925 and 1927 after the First World War .

Paul Pömpner is in the lead with 380 appearances for VfB Leipzig. In 24 city games he represented the colors of Leipzig. He received 34 appointments in the Central German state selection.

Selection / national team

Pömpner had his first assignment on half right on October 12, 1913 in Leipzig as a selection player of the Association of Central German Ball Game Clubs against the selection team of the Southeast German Football Association . He contributed a goal to the 2-1 success. He and his teammates reached the finals three times in 1914, 1920 and 1925 in this demanding sporting competition for teams from regional associations, which was called the Crown Prince Cup until 1918 and was then renamed the Federal Cup in 1919 . In each case, the runner-up came out. In these competitive games Pömpner came to 20 games with 12 goals.

At the age of 31, the experienced Pömpner made his debut on August 31, 1924 in Berlin in the international test match against Sweden in the senior national team . There was a 1: 4 defeat against the third place in the Olympics . In the 72nd minute of the game, the Leipzig player, who was playing on the left winger, was replaced with a head injury. In his second deployment on November 23, 1924 in Duisburg against the Italian national team, he added Höger, Fleischmann, Herberger and Meißner to the storm of VfR Mannheim . He came to his third international match three weeks later. On December 14, 1924, Germany received the Olympic runner-up from Switzerland in Stuttgart. The game ended in a 1-1 draw. Before the game, the DFB game committee had brought in the old international Max Breunig an advisor for this game. His competencies were precursors for the future national coach . Above all, he had the task of preparing the team for the new international offside rule. Previously, three opposing players were allowed to stand between the attacker and the goal, from now on two. In the next few years, this was mainly due to the withdrawal of the former "offensive center runner" into the role of head of defense and the development of the World Cup system . With the international match on June 26, 1925 in Helsinki against Finland, the international career of Paul Pömpner ended after six internationals. The seasoned captain on the half-left contributed three goals to the German team's 5-3 success.

Others

Pömpner was killed in a traffic accident in 1934 at the age of 41.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Pömpner in the database of weltfussball.de
  2. ↑ Final game for the German championship 1914 on kleeblatt-chronik.de.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Pömpner, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paulsen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Weissenfels
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1934