Herbert Widmayer

Herbert Widmayer (17 November 1913 – 31 July 1998) was a German football player and manager. He is the first ever coach to be prematurely terminated in Bundesliga history. He was the younger brother of Werner 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

Widmayer played Holstein Kiel, 1860 Munich and Eintracht Braunschweig. After World War II he commenced a coaching career.

In 1960, he joined 1. FC Nürnberg, the most titled German club then, succeeding the Austrian player legend Franz Binder. He led Nürnberg, in Germany nicknamed "the Club", 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 in Hanover's Niedersachsenstadion with 3–0. In the following year the Club once 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 vs 1. FC Köln.^[1][2]

Honours

• German Championship 1961
• German Cup 1962

References

1. "Widmayer, Herbert" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
2. "Herbert Widmayer" (in German). ksvhessenkassel.de. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.

External links

• Herbert Widmayer at fussballdaten.de (in German)