Reinhold Fanz (soccer player, 1921)

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Reinhold Fanz (born February 1, 1921 in Mannheim ; † December 28, 1993 in Viernheim ) was a German football player and coach. The outrunner and half-striker in the World Cup system used at the time was an outstanding technician and was in the final of the Tschammer Cup in 1939 with his home club SV Waldhof in 1940 and after the end of the Second World War he played a total of 130 league games in the first-class with the blue-blacks from 1945 to 1951 Completed soccer Oberliga Süd and scored 32 goals.

career

Player career

From 1939 to 1951 Fanz belonged to the first team of SV Waldhof Mannheim as a half-forward and outside runner; During the war in the Gauliga Baden , then in the Oberliga Süd. Due to the circumstances of the war, he could only appear for SV Waldhof in the two rounds of the war in 1939/40 and 1940/41.

The Waldhof legend Otto Siffling died on October 20, 1939. On December 3, 1939, the talent from the Waldhof youth made his debut in the local derby against VfR Mannheim in the Gauliga Baden. At the side of Helmut Schneider , Ernst Heermann and Georg Siegel , the debutant experienced a 2-0 success. At the end of his first season, in which the Gauliga Baden was divided into three groups, he and his team emerged as champions from the North Baden group, as well as from the subsequent final round of the Baden Gaume Championship . In the decisive game on May 5, 1940 against VfR Mannheim, Waldhof prevailed 2-0 and Fanz had made a significant contribution with a converted penalty. In the successes of his team at the end of the 1941/42 , 1943/44 and 1945 seasons , he could not participate as an active member due to the war conditions and imprisonment.

Fanz was only used in the final round of the German championship 1939/40 . The championship was held in four groups of three or four teams, from which the respective winners played the two semi-finals. He initially played all six games in Group 4 , scored two goals on June 9, 1940 in the fourth group game in a 7-2 victory over the Stuttgarter Kickers , finished them as winners with his team and made it to the semifinals. In this, SV Waldhof Mannheim lost to FC Schalke 04 on July 14, 1940 in Stuttgart with 1: 3. He then also played the two games for third place . Since the first encounter with SK Rapid Wien on July 21st with the result of 4: 4 after extra time did not produce a winner, this encounter was repeated a week later and lost 2: 5.

In the cup competition for club teams for the Tschammer Cup, newly created since 1935 , it was used in seven games in 1939 . He made his debut on November 19, 1939 in a 1-0 second round win after extra time over Eintracht Frankfurt . He then played a further six games, including the two necessary repetitions of the semi-finals and the final, and scored two goals. The entry into the final was decided by drawing lots in favor of his team after the goalless draw after renewed extension . The final held on April 28, 1940 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium ended with a 2-0 defeat against 1. FC Nürnberg . With the game on December 22, 1940, a 0-1 defeat against VfL Neckarau, Reinhold Fanz was initially in action for Waldhof for the last time. After passing his Abitur he was drafted into the Wehrmacht, became a guest player at the Koblenz suburb TuS Koblenz, from Koblenz the war then took him to the island of Crete as a soldier in a telecommunications unit.

After the end of the Second World War he was in the Oberliga Süd from 1945 to 1951 , one of initially three and later expanded to five top German leagues. With the second place at the end of the 1946/47 season, he achieved the best result with SV Waldhof Mannheim. Fanz belonged to the group of players who, after approval by the American military authorities, played the first game after the end of World War II in Mannheim between SV Waldhof and VfR Mannheim (3: 1) on September 9, 1945. In the first league season 1945/46 he prevailed with Waldhof in both derbies against VfR with 3-0 and 3-1 respectively. Although he and his teammates lost the home game against the later sovereign champions 1. FC Nürnberg with a score of 1: 8 on October 20, 1946, he was able to celebrate the runner- up at the end of the round with teammates like Georg Herbold and Paul Lipponer junior . With nine missions and three goals he ended his playing career at SV Waldhof in the Oberliga Süd after the 1950/51 season. Fanz played his last league game on January 21, 1951 in a 3-0 home defeat by Bayern Munich.

At the end of the 1940s, he opened a dry cleaning facility with an attached Toto Lotto acceptance point at Waldhöfer train station, which was continued by his son Reinhold from 1983 onwards . His son was also a successful soccer player and coach.

Coaching career

Immediately after the end of his playing career, Fanz started his coaching career at TSG Heidelberg-Rohrbach. His almost eight years of employment at Amicitia Viernheim was extremely successful. He won the North Baden championship four times between 1954 and 1957 with the Green-Whites from the Waldsportplatz (later Waldstadion). In the summer of 1957, he was promoted to the 2nd League South . After he had won the championship in the 1st Amateur League North Baden with VfL Neckarau in 1961/62 , he returned at the beginning of the 1963/64 season as a coach for the second division Amicitia Viernheim . On October 19, 1963 he won the home game with Viernheim 3-1 against the eventual southern champion Hessen Kassel, but had to leave the club in November of the same year, which was the last of 20 participating teams to be relegated to the 1st amateur league at the end of the season. In Viernheim he was replaced by ex-KSC player Walter Bauis . Fanz switched directly to the second-class Regionalliga Südwest by taking over TuRa Ludwigshafen .

This was followed by other positions at SV Sandhausen, SV Neckargerach, FV 09 Weinheim, Sportfreunde Dossenheim, Südwest Ludwigshafen and ASV Feudenheim. Fanz had completed his training as a soccer teacher in 1956.

successes

literature

  • Andreas Ebner: When the war ate football. The history of the Gauliga Baden 1933–1945. Publishing house regional culture. Ubstadt-Weiher 2016. ISBN 978-3-89735-879-9 . Pp. 314/315.
  • Lorenz Knieriem, Hardy Grüne: Spiellexikon 1890-1963. Agon Sportverlag. Kassel 2006. ISBN 3-89784-148-7 . P. 81.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Ebner, When the war ate football , Ubstadt-Weiher 2016, page 314
  2. ^ Jürgen Bitter: Germany's football. The encyclopedia. FA Herbig. Munich 2008. ISBN 978-3-7766-2558-5 . P. 193
personal data
SURNAME Fanz, Reinhold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1993
Place of death Viernheim