Rolf Huefner

Rolf Hüfner (born April 14, 1926 in Nöbdenitz ) is a former German football player who was active for Motor Jena in the GDR Oberliga , the top division of GDR football, in the 1950s and 1960s .

Athletic career

Rolf Hüfner grew up in Zipsendorf in central Germany and started his football career there. During the Second World War he was a soldier and was taken prisoner by the British for four years. There he was given the opportunity to play football, because several camp teams were allowed to play against each other. After his release, he joined the Meuselwitz sports community in 1948 , which was later converted into the company sports community (BSG) Motor. In 1951 he rose as a player-coach with the BSG in the third-class state class Thuringia . At the age of 27, he moved to BSG Motor Jena for the 1953/54 season, which had just been relegated from the GDR league. In this GDR league season he was called up for the first time in the 8th league game and reached a total of 15 missions in 26 played league games by the end of the season. He was used both in midfield and in attack. In the 1954/55 season, during which the BSG was transferred to the Motor Sports Club, Hüfner developed into a regular player with 22 point matches, but was now mainly called up as a defender. In 1956, GDR football was switched to the calendar year rhythm. The SC Motor managed to return to the league, where Hüfner, now finally arrived as a defender, was involved in 23 of the 26 point games. In the following two league seasons he was used in all 26 championship games. In 1959 he injured himself on the 7th match day and could only be called up sporadically afterwards and thus only made 14 point games. Hüfner began his last season at SC Motor Jena in 1960 at the age of almost 34 and was only used six times in the major league. In the 1960 Cup final, which the Jena team won 3-2 against SC Empor Rostock , Hüfner was no longer called up.

literature

• German sport echo : born 1953–1960. ISSN  0323-8628
• Hanns Leske : Encyclopedia of GDR football . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-556-3 , p. 226.
• Andreas Baingo, Michael Horn: The History of the GDR Oberliga. 2nd Edition. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89533-428-6 , p. 321.

Web links

• Rolf Hüfner in the database of the German Football Association
• "Rolf Hüfner celebrates 90th birthday" Ostthüringer Zeitung from April 14, 2016 (online edition)