Willi Knauer

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Willi Knauer (born October 5, 1930 ) is a former German soccer player who was active as a defender for the Munich clubs TSV 1860 and FC Bayern from 1952 to 1961 .

Career

At the age of 21, Knauer was a member of the TSV 1860 Munich squad , for which he played 16 times without scoring for the first time in the Oberliga Süd , the top German division at the time, from the 1952/53 season and - due to the poor performance - in the 2. Oberliga Süd had to relegate.

For the 1953/54 season he was obliged by the league competitor FC Bayern Munich , for which he only played a friendly game in his first season.

In the following season he played 17 point games in the Oberliga Süd, in which he was twice successful as a goalscorer. With only six of 30 games won, he finished 16th and last in the table with the team this season and had to relegate to the 2nd Oberliga Süd with Bayern , which is unique to this day . After only one season in this, he contributed with 34 goalless league games to 2nd place in the table behind Freiburg FC and to the direct return to the top German division.

From 1956 to 1961 he completed a further 84 league games, in which he could never excel as a goalscorer. He was also used in all three games for the DFB Cup , including the 1-0 final against Fortuna Düsseldorf on December 29, 1957 in the Augsburger Rosenaustadion . Previously, he was used in six games in the competition for the South German Cup , including the final won 4-1 on May 26, 1957 against 1. FC Schweinfurt 05 . His last league game he played on April 9, 1961 (27th matchday) in the 2: 3 defeat in the home game against Kickers Offenbach .

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Walter Grüber: FC Bayern Munich. 6389 games. (1900 season - 2015/16 season), production and publisher BoD - Books on Demand , Norderstedt, 2016 - ISBN 978-3-7412-0071-7 - p. 200
  2. ^ Walter Grüber: FC Bayern Munich. 6389 games. (1900 season - 2015/16 season), production and publisher BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt, 2016 - ISBN 978-3-7412-0071-7 - p. 204
  3. ^ Walter Grüber: FC Bayern Munich. 6389 games. (1900 season - 2015/16 season), production and publisher BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt, 2016 - ISBN 978-3-7412-0071-7 - p. 208
  4. ^ Walter Grüber: FC Bayern Munich. 6389 games. (1900 season - 2015/16 season), production and publisher BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt, 2016 - ISBN 978-3-7412-0071-7 - pp. 212 , 217 , 222 , 226 , 230
  5. ^ Walter Grüber: FC Bayern Munich. 6389 games. (1900 season - 2015/16 season), production and publisher BoD - Books on Demand, Norderstedt, 2016 - ISBN 978-3-7412-0071-7 - p. 215
personal data
SURNAME Knauer, Willi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th October 1930