Alfred Pfaff
Alfred Pfaff (* July 16, 1926 in Frankfurt- Roedelheim, † December 27, 2008 in Erlenbach am Main ) was a German football player and football World Cup in 1954.
Life
Clubs
Pfaff began the age of ten at Eintracht youth playing football. After the end of World War II played a trained installer only for SC Wirges (now SpVgg EGC Wirges ) and the first FC Hochstadt and then after the season 1948/49, with the Roedelheimer FC in the Football Oberliga Süd (28 games and 11 goals ) on Riederwald to land at Eintracht Frankfurt again. From 1949 to 1961 he completed 301 league games for the Eagles carrier, scoring 103 goals. With the harmony of superior ball virtuoso and playmaker won on June 28, 1959 in Berlin against local rivals Kickers Offenbach by a 5-3 success after extra time, the German championship. After convincingly played out 6:1 - or 6:3 - successes in the semi-final against Glasgow Rangers - in both games the free kick expert scored two goals each - drew Pfaff and his team in the final of the European Champions' Cup against Real Madrid one. On May 18, 1960, the " Royal " translated by Alfredo Di Stéfano and Ferenc Puskás 7-3 gates through. " Don Alfredo " was the " head" of the Eintracht team.
From 1953 to 1959 Pfaff graduated with concord 12 finals matches in the German football championship and scored three goals. Overall, he was in ten European games for the Hesse active - 1955-57 in three games for the city selection Frankfurt / Offenbach in MesseCup - and distinguished itself as a seven-time scorer from.
Pfaff was an honorary member and honorary captain of Eintracht Frankfurt.
Selection vocations
He played 1953-1956 seven times in the German national football team and scored two goals. The highlight of his National team career was winning the World Cup in Switzerland in 1954. Pfaff came in the group stage in the game against Hungary, which went from the perspective of the Germans lost with 3:8, and used in the 26th minute, scoring the gateway to the intermediate 1:3. The first appointment was made by national coach Sepp Herberger for World Cup qualifier on 19 August 1953 in Oslo against Norway. In the B team, he scored three goals in two appearances 1953-1954. By Fritz Walter the position of the playmaker for the national team was brilliant busy so Pfaff could not play a major role in the Länderelf.
Off the pitch
Pfaff was from 1954 innkeeper and led his first restaurant in Frankfurt Praunheim and later at the Frankfurt main station. Since 1961, he lived as a restaurateur and hotelier in Zittenfelden in Morretal, Odenwald. 2006 Hessian Merit he was awarded. Alfred Pfaff died after a long illness on December 27, 2008 at the age of 82 years.