Theodor Homann

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Theodor "Theo" Homann (born April 28, 1948 in Werne ; † April 12, 2010 , ibid) was a German football player . In the Bundesliga, the midfielder was active for three years at Wuppertaler SV .

Career

Homann began playing football in his hometown at SSV Werne, a club to which his father was already a member. Theo Homann senior was the supervisor of the A-youth team with which his son reached the semi-finals of the West German Cup in 1966. He played in the Westphalia team , which made higher-class clubs aware of him. For the 1968/69 season Homann went to the reigning German champions 1. FC Nuremberg . Under coach Max Merkel , he made 13 games for the club, but was not used in the Bundesliga. After the descent of the champions, Homann moved to the second highest division at VfR Mannheim in the Regionalliga Süd . Here he played for two years at the side of Dietmar Danner and Wolfgang Platz and was active in 61 league games with five goals; He then played for one and a half seasons at Westfalia Herne in the Regionalliga West , where he said goodbye to Herne after 40 regional league appearances and nine goals on the final day of the first half of the 1972/73 season - away game at Rot-Weiss Essen on December 17, 1972.

From Herne, Homann again made the leap into the first division. In the winter break of the 1972/73 season he received a contract with the newly promoted Wuppertaler SV. Here he came in Horst Buhtz 'successful team around Günter Pröpper , Manni Reichert , Jürgen Kohlen and Heinz-Dieter Lömm in the second half of the season on matchday 18 in a 1-1 draw in Kaiserslautern for his first Bundesliga appearance. 14 days later he scored his first goal at 2-2 in Bochum on February 3, 1973 ; On March 10th he scored the winning goal in the match at Werder Bremen as a “Joker” seven minutes after being substituted on . At the end of the season, the team secured a UEFA Cup place in fourth place . Homann was in the first leg against Ruch Chorzów , but was substituted after 13 minutes. Only in the second half of the Bundesliga he was back in the team. On February 1, 1975 he suffered tears in the cruciate ligaments and the inner ligament in the game against Rot-Weiss Essen after a foul by Werner Lorants . After 49 games with four goals, his Bundesliga career was over. After the WSV was relegated, he tried again to find a connection in the 2nd Bundesliga North , but only made six short appearances for Wuppertal in two seasons and ultimately became disabled.

After the active time

Homann was for a time player-coach at SV Herbern, which he led into the national league. The trained typesetter retrained to become an industrial clerk and in 1983 took over a sports shop in his hometown of Werne, which he ran until his death. He was married and had a daughter.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In memory of Theo Homann (senior)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at westfalen.trauer.de, viewed on April 15, 2010@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / westfalen.trauer.de  
  2. ↑ Short profile in the Internet lexicon of club players glubberer.de , viewed on April 15, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Homann, Theodor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Homann, Theo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Werne
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 2010
Place of death Werne