Willy Krauss

Willy Krauss (born February 10, 1886 in Jena ; † January 26, 1960 ) was a German football player .

Career

Krauss belonged to FC Britannia 1899 Leipzig from 1908 to 1910 , for which he was used in the Central German Football Championship organized by the Association of Central German Ball Game Clubs in Section B of Gau I - North West Saxony and Group A of Gau North West Saxony. With the relegation of his club to the second division, he moved to 1. SV Jena in the Gau Ostthüringen , from which he emerged as champions with the team, but the preliminary round game in the championship final against FC Wacker Halle on March 12, 1911 with 2 : 6 lost. In the following season he reached the quarter-finals against SC Erfurt , who won the game 2: 3 with the team, also as champions of the East Thuringia district - and surviving the preliminary round . In the 1912/13 season he was eliminated with his team in the semifinals - this time 3-0 against Halleschen FC 1896 - from the competition. The season 1913/14 was the last he due to the outbreak of the First World War played.

Willy Krauss (right)
and teammates who won the Crown Prince Cup in 1909.

As a player in the selection team of the Association of Central German Ball Game Clubs , he took part in the competition for the Crown Prince's Cup. After victories in the quarter and semi-finals , he won the final of a German soccer cup competition, which was held in Berlin for the first time on April 18, 1909, against the selection team of the Berliner Ballspielvereine with 3-1.

For the senior national team of the DFB , he played two international matches and was the first national player for 1. SV Jena. He made his debut on March 26, 1912 in Stuttgart in a 6-2 victory over the Swiss national team ; he played his last on April 14, 1912 in Budapest in a 4-4 draw against the Hungarian national team .

Krauss worked as a mechanic.

↑ ^a ^b 110 years of FCC (2): A new name and a new song , on tlz.de, from May 27, 2013. Accessed on August 29, 2017.