Paul Winkler (soccer player)

Paul Winkler (born August 22, 1913 in Altenessen ; † November 25, 1994 ), also known as "Johnny", was a German soccer player .

Career

societies

Winkler started playing soccer at the Essen district association BV Altenessen 06 before moving to Schwarz-Weiß Essen . From 1934 to 1943 he played for the club in the Gauliga Niederrhein , one of 16 Gauligen , as the top division in the German Empire .

With the relegation in the 1942/43 season and the failure of a team, he moved to FC Schalke 04 in the Gauliga Westfalen , which he completed with the club as a champion . The following season - divided into three war-Gauklassen - was not brought to an end after three match days due to the war.

After the end of the Second World War , the British Zone Championship was held in North and West Germany ; FC Schalke 04 won the Westphalia district championship, group 1 ; a final for the Westphalia championship with the district champion Westphalia, group 2, SpVgg Erkenschwick , was prohibited by the British military government. Not so in the following season ; Again FC Schalke 04 won the regional championship Westphalia, group 1, but lost to the regional champions Westphalia, group 2, Borussia Dortmund with 2: 3.

In the Oberliga West , which was carried out across the board for the first time at the start of the 1947/48 season , Winkler was used in four point games. He made his debut on February 29, 1948 (21st matchday) in a 1-1 draw in the away game against Prussia Dellbrück . After the season he returned to Schwarz-Weiß Essen, for which he was active in the II Division in the 1949/50 season .

From 1950 to 1953 he played for Borussia M. Gladbach , where he had to relegate to the second division with the first division - after the 1: 5 defeat against Alemannia Aachen in the decider for 14th place . With the first place in Group II 1951/52 he returned with the team in the top division of the time, which could be held with two points before the relegated Sportfreunde Katernberg ; then - he played his last league game on March 29, 1953 (27th matchday) in the 0-1 defeat at SV Sodingen - he ended his footballing career. For his last club he played a total of 35 point games and scored 13 goals.

National team

On March 20, 1938 Winkler played his only international match for the senior national team , which won 2-1 over the Luxembourg national team in Wuppertal with two goals from Jupp Gauchel .

Others

His son Klaus † 1985 followed in his footsteps and was also a professional footballer from 1967 to 1979.

Web links

• Paul Winkler in the database of weltfussball.de
• Paul Winkler on dfb .de

literature

• Hardy Grüne , Lorenz Knieriem: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 8: Player Lexicon 1890–1963. Agon-Sportverlag, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 .