Herbert Widmayer

Herbert Widmayer

Widmayer in 1974
Personal information
Date of birth	(1913-11-17)17 November 1913
Place of birth	Kiel,German Empire
Date of death	31 July 1998(1998-07-31)(aged 84)
Place of death	Frechen,Germany
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Holstein Kiel
	1860 Munich
	Eintracht Braunschweig
Managerial career
1948–1950	VfL Osnabrück
1955–1956	SV Sodingen
1956–1960	VfL Bochum
1960–1963	1. FC Nürnberg
1964–1966	KSV Hessen Kassel
1968	Karlsruher SC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Herbert Widmayer(17 November 1913 – 31 July 1998) was a Germanfootballplayer and manager. He is the first ever coach to be prematurely terminated inBundesligahistory. He was the younger brother ofWerner Widmayer

Widmayer playedHolstein Kiel,1860 MunichandEintracht Braunschweig.After World War II he commenced a coaching career.

In 1960, he joined1. FC Nürnberg,the most titled German club then, succeeding the Austrian player legendFranz Binder.He led Nürnberg, in Germany nicknamed "theClub",to the South German Championship in the same year. In the final of the tournament for the national title Nürnberg defeated Borussia Dortmund in front of 82,000 spectators inHanover'sNiedersachsenstadionwith 3–0. In the following year theClubonce more won the South German Championship, and once more reached the national final, this time in Berlin's Olympic Stadium, and losing there 4–0 vs1. FC Köln.

Honours

• German Championship 1961
• German Cup 1962

External links

• Herbert Widmayeratfussballdaten.de(in German)