Wilhelm Falk (soccer player)
Wilhelm Falk (born July 3, 1898 in Munich , † October 16, 1961 ) was a German football player .
Career
societies
Falk, who as an uncompromising defender was rough edges, was from 1918 to FC Wacker Munich to, for it receives from 1919 to 1923 in the South German Football Association in the District League Southern Bavaria , then until the end of season 1926/27 in the District League Bayern or 1927/28 in whose group Southern Bavaria was used. The most prominent players of the city employee Falk were the Hungarian star player Alfréd Schaffer , national player Heinrich Altvater and the later national player Albert Eschenlohr .
At the end of the season 1920/21 he won his first title with the team, but the group south within the finals for the southern German championship ended in second place. At the end of the 1921/22 season he won two regional titles and the South German Championship with the team. With this success he was qualified as a participant in the final round of the German championship , but was not used in the final round games.
As third placed in the group Südbayern 1927/28 he took part with the team in the round of second / third within the final round of the South German Championship. As the winner of the Southeast group, he and the team won the playoff for the third participant in the German Championship against FSV Frankfurt , the winner of the Northwest group, 3-2. After winning the round of 16 and quarter-finals with his team 1-0 after overtime over Dresdner SC and 4-1 at Tennis Borussia Berlin , he lost 2-1 in the semi-finals of the German championship Hertha BSC .
From the beginning of the 1928/29 season to January 1929, he played for city rivals DSV Munich before emigrating to the United States in February 1929 and playing in New York City from 1929 to 1931 for German FC New York .
National team
He played his only international match for the senior national team on November 20, 1927 in Cologne in a 2-2 draw against the national team of the Netherlands .
successes
Web links
- Wilhelm Falk in the database of weltfussball.de
- Wilhelm Falk on dfb .de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Falk, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Falk, Willi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 1961 |