Walter Schulz (soccer player, 1908)

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Walter "Schnalle" Schulz (born January 11, 1908 ; † unknown) was a German football player and coach who played first division football in Berlin in the post-war years with Tennis Borussia and VfB Pankow at the age of 43.

At that time, “Schnalle” Schulz had already played for various clubs and 11 times for Berlin and Brandenburg . He made his debut in the Reichsbund Cup in 1935 in a 4: 3 against Westphalia, at the time he was with Minerva 93 . In the German Association Cup 1939/40 the now 31-year-old Schulz for the Berliner Tennis Club Borussia played (since 1935) and denied the so-called Tschammerpokal, the forerunner of the German Cup, all three games of the Berliners, who in the second round against Fortuna Dusseldorf with Eliminated 1: 8. Schulz was also involved in the two final round matches of Borussia in the 1941 Cup. In 1941 Tennis Borussia reached the finals for the German championship. Schulz played all four games of the first round, after which his team was eliminated.

After the end of the war and the dissolution of all sports clubs, Schulz first played for the Pankow-Nord sports group and then for the SG Charlottenburg, with which he became Berlin City Champion in 1947. At the same time he trained the SG Osloer Straße ("Oslo" for short) . After the 1948/49 season he left the club Tennis Borussia Berlin, which had now been newly founded from the SG Charlottenburg, and became a coach at East Berlin VfB Pankow, with whom he reached 8th place in the overall Berlin city league in 1949/50 .

When the VBB introduced the contract player system in 1950 , the GDR sports leadership took this as an opportunity to withdraw the East Berlin soccer teams from the entire Berlin leagues and integrate them into the GDR league system. In addition to SG Lichtenberg 47 and SG Union Oberschöneweide , VfB Pankow was also integrated into the highest GDR league, the DS Oberliga , for the 1950/51 season . After six VfB players had joined West Berlin clubs, “Schnalle” Schulz, now over 40, had to actively help out on the field again, the rest of the team, filled with new players. In this team, Schulz's nickname got more meaning, as there were two other players with the name Schulz in the squad, one of whom was also called Walter . The “runner row of the Schulzens” became legendary, but otherwise the newly formed VfB team had no chance in the Oberliga and ended up in last place in the table at the end of the season.

As a player- coach , Schulz was replaced by Horst Spillecke during the spring series. He himself had played 15 of the 34 games in the league, first in midfield and later in defense. He then ended his career in higher-class football. “Buckle” was still active in 1951/52, presumably as a player-coach, for VfB (zu) Pankow, which was newly founded in West Berlin, and then coached Rapide Wedding .

literature

→ Due to the fact that the name is identical to Walter Schulz (* 1925) , the print media show numerous inconsistencies. Among other sources, the u. a. Web link accessed.

References

  1. ^ Lutz Rosenzweig : 75 Years of the Association of Berlin Ball Game Clubs , Berlin (West) 1972, page 176; PSV and Meteor 06 are named there as other clubs .
  2. ↑ IFFHS (ed.): Libero No. D 17 (1998), p. 21.
  3. ↑ Berliner Tennis Club Borussia (ed.): Berliner Meister 1973/74, there 1974, page 15
  4. ↑ 60 years of the Association for Movement Games zu Pankow eV , Berlin (West) 1953, p. 13
  5. ↑ `` Berliner Zeitung '' of July 10, 1947, page 3
  6. ↑ 60 years of the Association for Movement Games zu Pankow eV , Berlin (West) 1953, p. 16
  7. ↑ 60 years of the Association for Movement Games zu Pankow eV , Berlin (West) 1953, p. 14

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personal data
SURNAME Schulz, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Buckle (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1908
DATE OF DEATH 20th century