Willi Petzold

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Willi Petzold
Personnel
birthday July 8, 1914
place of birth Linden ,  German Empire
date of death May 13, 1997
position Defense
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1933-1948 Hannover 96
1 Only league games are given.

Willi Petzold (born July 8, 1914 in Linden ; † May 13, 1997 ) was a German football player .

Career

Petzold belonged to Hannover 96 , for the club he was used in point and cup games from 1933 to 1948.

From 1933 to 1941 he played in the Lower Saxony Gauliga , one of 16 Gauligen at the time of National Socialism as the highest uniform league in the German Reich . In the following season he was Gaumeister with his team, as in 1938 . In the off-season 1939/40 played out in two groups Championship, he lost to Hannover 96 in the final match to the Gaumeisterschaft the VfL Osnabruck , winner of Group North , 4: 5 after home and away. In the following season , Petzold's club retaliated 4-2 after the return leg.

In the Gauliga Südhannover-Braunschweig , which was created due to the war-related division of the Gauliga Niedersachsen , alongside the Gauliga Weser-Ems , he played the seasons 1942/43 and 1943/44 and was fifth with his team. It is unclear whether he played in the Braunschweig group within this Gauliga .

Because of the three Gaume Championships he also took part in the final round of the German Championship. In the 1934/35 season he played all six games in Group B and retired from the competition as second in the group behind FC Schalke 04 . He finished the 1937/38 season after only two final round matches as German champion, where he found the final that on June 26th in Berlin against the favorite FC Schalke 04 after the 3: 3 draw n.V. , no winner, also denied, as well as the one that was only set on July 3rd at the same place, which was decided 4: 3 after extra time. In the final round of the German championship 1940/41 he played all four games for Hannover 96 in subgroup 2b ; as second in the group behind FC Schalke 04, he and his team were eliminated from the competition.

During the occupation of Hanover by the Allies as a result of the Second World War , Hanover 96 was dissolved in 1945, like all clubs in Germany. In 1946 the association was re-established. In 1947, the club at the green table was accepted into the newly founded Oberliga Nord as one of the five highest divisions . At the end of his first season, which Hannover 96 finished eleventh of twelve participating teams and had to relegate to the 1st amateur league, he ended his active football career.

In 1935, newly introduced cup competition for the Tschammerpokal , Petzold played one game in 1935 , 1937 , 1938 and 1942 . Only in 1941 were there three more cup games before his team was eliminated from the competition on August 24 in the 2: 9 knockout round defeat at eventual cup winners Dresdner SC .

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personal data
SURNAME Petzold, Willi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Linden trees
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1997