Walter Kaiser (soccer player)
Walter Kaiser (born November 2, 1907 in Neuwied , † February 25, 1982 in Rennes ) was a German football player who played in France for much of his career and later assumed French citizenship.
Career
The striker began playing football in his native Neuwied. In 1930, he came on the recommendation of Adolphe Touffait in the Brittany and joined the Stade Rennais Université Club that he took for the following nine years. When a professional league was introduced in France in the 1932/33 season , the SRUC belonged to this elite class and took sixth place in Group B at the end of the season. With 15 goals, Walter Kaiser and Robert Mercier from Club Français Paris became the first division 1 top scorer. Although Rennes only finished in the middle of the table in the following years, it attracted a few other German and Austrian footballers such as Walter Vollweiler , who was second best French goalscorer in 1934, "Pepi" Schneider and Franz Pleyer . In 1935 Stade Rennes UC was in the French Cup final , which it lost 3-0 to Olympique Marseille . Kaiser was absent from this final because he broke his right ankle in a clash with the opposing goalkeeper in the semi-finals against SC Fivois . Before that, however, he had scored a goal. This injury hindered him again and again in the following years; In 1935/36 he even had to pause practically the entire season. At times Kaiser also worked for the SRUC as a player coach and in the club's office.
In the summer of 1937, Walter Kaiser decided to stay with this club, even though it was relegated to Division 2 . In 1938/39 he succeeded in rising again with Rennes - although this was practically worthless because it was the last official championship season before the Second World War . During his nine years for the SRUC, the Rhinelander scored 41 goals in 93 league games, eleven (in 16 appearances) in the cup and even 94 in 55 friendly matches, often against international opponents. He also played for the West French national team .
Nothing is known about Walter Kaiser's sporting and private life during the German occupation of France (1940 to 1944) and after the country was liberated. In any case, he continued to live in Rennes after the war, where he died in 1982 at the age of 74.
literature
- Georges Cadiou: Les grands noms du football breton. Alan Sutton, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire 2006 ISBN 2-84910-424-8
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adolphe Touffait - Fiche et statistiques , stade-rennais-online.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaiser, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Franco-German soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuwied |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 1982 |
| Place of death | Rennes |