Wilhelm Sturm

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Wilhelm Sturm , (born February 8, 1940 in Bochum ; † November 5, 1996 ), also called "Willi", was a German football player .

Career

societies

Emerging from the Wattenscheid district association Union Günnigfeld , Sturm came to the top division Borussia Dortmund for the 1961/62 season . In his first two league seasons he played 53 point games in which he scored ten goals. He made his competitive debut on August 6, 1961 (1st matchday) in the 4-0 defeat in the away game against Westfalia Herne ; He scored his first three goals on August 27, 1961 (4th matchday) in a 10: 3 win at home against the Duisburg district club Hamborn 07 .

From 1963 to 1971 he played in the Bundesliga , which had replaced the Oberliga as the highest German division. With the start of the season on August 24, 1963 in the 3-2 defeat in the away game against Werder Bremen , he played from the start, his first of a total of 186 point games. A week later, he scored his first two of a total of 12 goals in a 3-3 home game against TSV 1860 Munich .

During his club affiliation denied he further 19 games in the national and 22 international in the three cup competitions, with him on 10 November 1965 at the first-round first leg in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup contest at the 3: 0 win over CSKA Sofia the deficit to His only goal was 1-0 in the 17th minute. He made his debut in the European cup competition on September 11, 1963 in a 4-2 win in the preliminary round first leg at Lyn Oslo in the national championship competition. In the Messestädte-Pokal he was used in the two first and second round matches against Girondins Bordeaux and Manchester United .

National team

His only international match for the senior national team , he played on June 7, 1964 in Helsinki in a 4-1 victory over the national team of Finland .

successes

Star for Willi Sturm on the BVB Walk of Fame
in Dortmund city center, Hansastraße / Südwall, on the traffic light island in front of the Stadtgarten.

Awards

In 1966 he and the BVB team were awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. BT-Drucksache 7/1040, page 59, accessed on February 8, 2017 (pdf)