Sebastian Metzger

Sebastian Metzger (born July 1, 1935 ) is a former German soccer player who played an international match in the German amateur soccer team in the 1956/57 season . From 1958 to 1961, the accrual mostly as a defender Butcher has been in the Oberliga Süd for Munich 1860 completed 37 league games in the then prime Oberliga Süd.

career

The amateur soccer player Sebastian Metzger took fourth place in the first amateur league in Southern Bavaria with his club FC Wacker Munich in the 1956/57 season . With the Bavarian amateur selection , he failed in the competition of the regional cup in the semi-finals at the eventual winner Lower Saxony (0: 2). Nevertheless, he was called on May 19, 1957 in Offenburg in the amateur national team of the DFB at the international match against England. In the 1-1 draw of the German amateur team, he and Hermann Höfer formed the defenders in the team around captain Herbert Schäfer and the goalscorer Ernst-Günter Habig . Metzger also played the 1957/58 season with the "Bluestars" and thus belonged to the championship team in the 1st Amateur League South Bavaria . Peter Grosser was the top scorer with 34 goals for Bayern Munich amateurs and a contract player for Bayern for the 1958/59 season, Metzger signed a contract for the Oberliga Süd with local rivals 1860 Munich. The "Löwen" signed the outrunner Wolfgang Simon from VfB Stuttgart .

On February 1, 1959, Metzger made his debut under coach Hans Hipp at the home game against Eintracht Frankfurt (1: 1) in front of 25,000 spectators in the Oberliga Süd. He played in the World Cup system, which was mainly used at the time, as a right defender alongside Werner Pfanzelt and center runner Alfons Stemmer . In the majority of the duels he had to deal with Eintracht left winger Erich Meier . On February 22, 1959 he experienced the atmosphere for the first time at the local derby against FC Bayern. In front of 35,000 spectators, the “Löwen” prevailed 2: 1 against the “Reds”, who had come up with goalkeeper Árpád Fazekas , center runner Ludwig Landerer , outside runner Karl “Charly” Mai , half-striker Kurt Sommerlatt and attacker Peter Grosser. At the end of the round, Munich finished sixth in 1860 and Metzger had played twelve league games. In his second "Löwen" year, 1959/60, only seven additional league appearances were added.

In the third league season, 1960/61 , Metzger was a right defender or right wing runner, continuously from the fourth to the 21st match day of the regular formation of the "Blue". His last league appearance was on January 29, 1961, in the second leg against FC Bayern, which he lost with the "Löwen" with a clear 2: 6 goals. In the future, the hour has struck for Manfred Wagner , Rudolf Steiner and Hans Reich . The former Wackeraner had 18 league appearances in 1960/61 and in 1860 was sixth. Coach Hipp's time was up, Max Merkel took over for the 1961/62 season and the Viennese could rely on the newcomers Helmut Benthaus (Westfalia Herne), Werner Anzill (TSV Raubling), Hans Küppers (SW Essen) and Hans Rebele from his own offspring. For the 1961/62 season, Metzger and Ludwig Zausinger moved to Austria for the Salzburg AK 1914 .

literature

• Hardy Grüne , Claus Melchior: Legends in White and Blue. 100 years of football history for a traditional Munich club. Publishing house Die Werkstatt. Göttingen 1999. ISBN 3-89533-256-9 .
• Hardy Grüne, Lorenz Knieriem: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 8: Player Lexicon 1890–1963. Agon-Sportverlag, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 , p. 256.
• Karl-Heinz Heimann, Karl-Heinz Jens: Kicker-Almanach 1989. Copress-Verlag. Munich 1988. ISBN 3-7679-0245-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Christian Karn, Reinhard Rehberg: Spiellexikon 1963–1994. P. 256.