Robert Fuchs (soccer coach)

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Robert Fuchs (born December 10, 1891 , † November 19, 1958 ) was a German soccer player and soccer coach .

During his active time before the First World War, Fuchs played in the center forward position at 1. FC Pforzheim . In 1912/13 he was a guest at Minerva 93 in Berlin for a few months , during this time he also played representative for Brandenburg and stood with the team in the final of the Crown Prince's Cup .

Robert Fuchs became the first full-time trainer at Hannover 96 in 1932 . Before his time, the training in Hanover was managed jointly by a club committee and the team captain. Fuchs was selected for the new post because he already had experience as a coach (at 1. FC Idar ) and the team received new impulses after a disappointing 1931/32 season, in which Hanover did not play for the North German championship for a long time should give. Fuchs consistently relied on the youth and in this way changed the "face" of the team after a short time.

To this day, Robert Fuchs is the coach with the undisputed longest term of office at Hannover 96: between May 1, 1932 and 1946 he was in office for 168 months. As early as 1934, the team became champions of Lower Saxony under his leadership. In the 1937/38 season , Hannover 96 became German football champions for the first time as an outsider : Robert Fuchs's team initially managed a 3: 3 in the final and a 4: 3 n.V. against the top favorites FC Schalke 04 in the subsequent replay . In addition to his job at 96, he also trained the district club SV Linden 07 .

Robert Fuchs played a major role in the reconstruction of the football department in Hannover 96 after the end of the Second World War. From November 1947 to 1950 he had a second, this time almost 24-month term as coach of the Hanoverians. In addition to training the first team, Fuchs also looked after the youth teams and the second team. In his second term of office, he was relegated from the newly founded Oberliga ( 1947/48 ), against which the club successfully protested because Holstein Kiel had let a man with a forged player pass appear. 96 was therefore taken back to the league without a fight for the 1949/50 season .

Fuchs' earlier services did not save him from being dismissed as a coach during the 1950/51 season in Hanover.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Robert Fuchs on hannover96online.de, accessed on May 1, 2016
  2. ↑ Bernd Jankowski, Harald Pistorius, Jens R. Prüss: "Football in the North: 100 Years of the North German Football Association", p. 154 , accessed on May 1, 2016
  3. ↑ Der Rasensport , born 1913, various editions; confirmed by the Karlsruher Tagblatt dated August 24, 1913, page 3: "Pforzheim is said to be significantly reinforced ... in the fox who has returned, who is known to have represented the colors of the capital for Minerva and Viktoria in Berlin"; Digitized version , accessed on July 25, 2019
  4. ↑ Libero specially German (ed. By IFFHS ), No. D 3, 1st quarter 1992, page 47. Announced list in Der Rasensport of April 16, 1913, page 305, still with the club information "Minerva". Other sources, including Libero , suggest a temporary move to Victoria 89 . (There is no article yet about the Crown Prince Cup 1912/13)
  5. ↑ Robert Fuchs on hannover96online.de, accessed on May 1, 2016
  6. ↑ All 96 coaches since 1932 on hannover96online.de, accessed on May 1, 2016. However, on November 10, 1942 , the Football Week reported on page 10 that Fuchs had "left the service of 96" and was replaced by Bernhard Kellerhoff .
personal data
SURNAME Fuchs, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player and soccer coach
DATE OF BIRTH December 10, 1891
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1958