Walter Bensmann
| Walter Bensmann | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | May 16, 1938 | |
| place of birth | Holzhausen , Germany | |
| position | Storm | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| BSV Holzhausen | ||
| VfL Osnabrück | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1955-1956 | VfL Osnabrück II | |
| 1956-1961 | VfL Osnabrück | 87 (36) |
| 1961-1964 | Prussia Munster | 42 (5) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Walter Bensmann (born May 16, 1938 in Holzhausen ) is a former German soccer player .
Career
Walter Bensmann played in the youth of the BSV Holzhausen. From there he moved to the youth team at VfL Osnabrück in 1954 . After a year of suspension, the attacker played in the 1955/56 season with the VfL amateurs before making his debut in the football Oberliga Nord in the 1956/57 season . In the 1-1 home draw on January 6, 1957 against Holstein Kiel, he had his debut in the league next to Theo Schönhöft as a half right in the World Cup system then practiced . In the 1958/59 season, the technically adept and eager to fight striker achieved 14 goals in 23 league games. When VfL finished third in the 1960/61 season, their brother Helmut, who was two years younger than him, also played 15 games with two goals. His last league game for Osnabrück completed Bensmann on April 23, 1961 in a 3-0 home win against Altona 93 as a center forward. After a total of 87 league games with 36 goals, the commercial employee signed a new contract with Preußen Münster and switched to the football league west .
The man from Osnabrück made his debut in Münster on November 26, 1961 in a home game against the series champions 1. FC Cologne . Münster won the game in front of 35,000 spectators with 1-0 goals. The Prussian attack consisted of Hermann Lulka , Manfred Pohlschmidt , Harald Beyer , Bensmann and Winfried Geerken and had it with the defensive forces Fritz Ewert (goalkeeper), Ernst-Günter Habig , Fritz Pott , Hans Sturm , Leo Wilden and Karl- Heinz Schnellinger on the side of the old and new master from Cologne. With Münster he succeeded in the last season of the old first-class league, 1962/63 , with fourth place, the jump into the newly installed Bundesliga for the 1963/64 season. On the last league match day, May 11, 1963, the Prussians lost with 1: 2 goals at competitor Meidericher SV - Werner Krämer , Heinz Versteeg , Hartmut Heidemann stormed the "Zebras" - but Münster was no longer from fourth place displace. In 27 rounds, Bensmann had scored four goals for Münster.
In the Bundesliga, he was used by coach Richard Schneider for the first time on November 9, 1963 in the 2: 4 away defeat at Karlsruher SC. This was followed by two more games against Hertha BSC and Hamburger SV, before his fourth Bundesliga appearance at the home game against Eintracht Braunschweig on January 18, 1964. In the 55th minute, Eintracht goalkeeper Johannes Jäcker and Bensmann collided in an aerial battle and the Prussian center forward hit the back of his head on the frozen ground. Diagnosis: a life-threatening fracture of the base of the skull . Then Bensmann's career as a professional footballer ended. Braunschweig won the game with two goals in the 83rd and 87th minutes with 2-0. The Prussian attack came together with Karl-Heinz Kiß , Pohlschmidt, Bensmann, Dagmar Drewes and Lulka.
His playing career came to an end after that, but Bensmann continued to work as an amateur coach for many years. Stations included his hometown club BSV Holzhausen, Hilter and Borgloh.
literature
- Ulrich Merk, André Schulin: Bundesliga chronicle 1963/64. Volume 1: Triumphal procession of the billy goats. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-89784-083-9 .
- Christian Karn, Reinhard Rehberg: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 9: Player Lexicon 1963-1994. Bundesliga, regional league, 2nd league. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2012, ISBN 978-3-89784-214-4 .
Web links
- Walter Bensmann in the database of fussballdaten.de
- Walter Bensmann in the weltfussball.de database
- Walter Bensmann ( memento from June 19, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) from the former database of Playerhistory.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walter Bensmann ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 31, 2012.
- ^ Back a bit: Walter Bensmann , accessed on December 31, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bensmann, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Holzhausen , Germany |