Willi May

Willi May (born November 4, 1911 , † January 4, 1972 ) was a German football player .

Career

May belonged to the FSV Frankfurt from 1932 to 1946 , for which he played point games in the championship held by the South German Football Association in the district league Main / Hessen , which is divided into two groups . In 1932/33 he emerged as the winner of the Main Group, and consequently took part with FSV Frankfurt in the final round of the South German Championship , which was held in two groups . One point ahead of Eintracht Frankfurt , he and his team emerged victorious in the North / South group and thus made it into the final.

The match against the winner of the East / West group , TSV 1860 Munich , on May 30, 1933 in the Waldstadion in Frankfurt was decided 1-0 in favor of his team by the goal of Georg Knöpfle . So he and his teammates also took part in the final round of the German Championship . He played the last sixteen , which he won 6-1 against PSV Chemnitz on May 7, 1933, and the quarter-finals he lost 1-0 to FC Schalke 04 on May 21, 1933 .

From 1933 to 1939 he played first in the Gauliga Südwest , in one of initially 16, later increased to 23 Gauligen at the time of National Socialism as the uniform top division in the German Reich , from 1939 to 1941 in the Mainhessen relay , from 1941 to 1944 in the Gauliga Hessen-Nassau and most recently in season 3 - Frankfurt , which was canceled after five match days were not fully played.

During his Gauliga time he also took part in the competition for the Tschammerpokal , the cup competition for club teams that was introduced in 1935. He made his debut on October 9, 1938 in a 3-1 round of 16 victory over Fortuna Düsseldorf . FSV Frankfurt reached the semi-finals via the quarter-finals , which were divided into elimination rounds . The encounter on December 11th with the Wiener Sport-Club - a result of the elimination round Ostmark as a result of the annexation of Austria - in the stadium on Bornheimer Hang was won 3-2 thanks to the penalty that Fritz Fend converted in the 87th minute .

The final against SK Rapid Wien , which only took place on January 8, 1939 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium , was lost 3-1. Despite the Frankfurt lead in the 17th minute by Franz Dosedzal , the game in the famous Rapid quarter of an hour went within ten minutes with goals from Georg Schors (80th), Johann Hofstätter (85th) and Franz Binder (90th) lost.

In 1939 he played his last two games in this competition. The first round match won 5: 3 against Mülheimer SV 06 on August 20 and the second round match lost 4-0 at Fortuna Düsseldorf on November 19 .

After the end of World War II , he played the 1945/46 season in the newly created Oberliga Süd , which started playing on November 4, 1945.