Rolf Grupe

Rolf Grupe (born February 26, 1920 ; † 1995 ) was a soccer player in Leipzig . In 1951 he was GDR soccer champion with BSG Chemie Leipzig .

In the 1949/50 season, the 30-year-old group became district champion with the company sports community (BSG) Union Leipzig. He then moved to the GDR upper division club BSG Chemie Leipzig, where he made his debut in the top football class on October 1, 1950 at the encounter on the 7th match day of the 1950/51 season 1950/51 Chemie Leipzig - Babelsberg rotation (2: 1) as a half-right striker GDR existed. In the course of the season he made his mark on the left winger and with nine goals behind Rudolf Krause (18 goals) to become the chemists' second best attacker. On matchday 33, he managed a hat trick in a 5-1 win against activist Brieske Ost . Chemie Leipzig won the championship this season, in which Grupe had a share in addition to his goals with 17 appearances in 34 point games. In the following season of 1951/52, the now 31-year-old was able to improve again and played 22 of the 36 played point games, this time scoring six goals. After Chemie Leipzig had finished third in the league in 1952, Grupe ended his career as a competitive athlete after a total of 39 league games with 15 goals. At the third division Rotation Nordost Leipzig , he let his career end.

In 1968 Grupe reappeared as a trainer for the Leipzig district league team Stahl Brandis .

literature

• Hanns Leske : Encyclopedia of GDR football . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-556-3 .
• Andreas Baingo, Michael Horn: The History of the GDR Oberliga. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-89533-428-6 .