Hermann Springer
Hermann Springer, call name " Mandi " (* December 4, 1908; † November 1978) was a Swiss football player who has the Swiss Championship seven times and won as a player of Grasshopper Club Zurich Swiss Cup four times.
Career
Clubs, 1922-1946
In the youth team of FC Blue Stars Zurich began in 1922, the footballing career of Hermann Springer. At Blue Stars, he took also the transition from youth to the elderly department. Footballing Risch dominated the " Hoppers" in front of the FC in Zurich, Young Fellows and Blue Stars followed by far in the squares. Although Blue Stars could never play seriously at the Swiss Championship, the young talent developed into a significant rounder. In the round of 1929/30, Springer was 20 years old, he made his debut on 6 October 1929 in Prague in the Swiss national football team. In the 0:5 defeat against Czechoslovakia, he was used in the attack of the "Nati ". Once he pulled a with his hometown club, 1930 /31, a second place in the East group, in the final round and finished there behind GCZ, Urania Geneva and FC La Chaux -de-Fonds in fourth place. After the round 1932/33 - he had completed five caps for Blue Stars - he joined to the first single-track year-round Championship 1933/34, the BSC Young Boys and labeled with the black and yellow from Wankdorfstadion with 30 points ranked ninth. Urania Geneva, FC Zurich and his former club, Blue Stars, hit the descent. To round 1934/35 returned " Mandi " Springer but back to his hometown of Zurich back, he joined GC, the Blue-Whites from Hardturmstraße Stadium, at.
As a coach Karl Rappan from the round in 1935/36 the sporty line with the " Hoppers" took over, saw the now mostly acting as a right side rotor Springer his greatest sporting achievements. He won in 1937, 1939, 1942 and 1943, the Swiss Championship and also in the years 1937, 1938, 1940-1943 and 1946 the Swiss Cup. On 2 May 1937, he celebrated after six -year break again his comeback to the national team. In rounds 1936/37, 1941/42 and 1942/43, belonged to " Mandi " Springer the double- teams from GC. The successes get him on the side of the players Willy Huber, Severino Minelli, Sirio Vernati, Lauro Amadò, Hans -Peter Friedlander and Alfred Bickel. When reactivated senior with 37 years he experienced in the Cup final on April 22, 1946 against Lausanne -Sports with a 3-0 success his last title win. Coach Rappan had brought him back just for the clash against the left winger of Lausanne, Georges Aeby to competitive sports. 19 days later, on 11 May, the senior completed even his 37th and last match with the national team before he finally in the summer of 1946 ended his playing career.
National Team, 1929-1946
His first five appearances in the national football team of Switzerland had " Mandi Springer " until 1931 contest in 1929 as a player of Blue Stars Zurich. It took up to the tight 0-1 defeat on May 2, 1937 in Zurich against Germany when it was first as a GC player came for the "Nati " used again. When four months later, on September 19, 1937, Karl Rappan, his club coach at the " Hopper ," the national team took over, Springer was one of the " block " of seven GC actors - Huber, Minelli, Weiler, Springer, Vernati, Bickel, judder - which the Austrians be defensive concept introduced with the "bar" in the national team. The performances against Italy - 2-2 October 31, 1937 -, Germany - 1:1 on 6 February 1938 - and the convincing 4-0 success on April 3, 1938 in Basel against Czechoslovakia spoke clearly for the staffing establishment and the accuracy of the tactical action of the coach. With a 2-1 success in Milan against Portugal, the Swiss qualified for the World Cup 1938 in France. In directly discharged before the tournament international match on May 21 in the home stadium Hardturmstraße, put the "Nati " against England with a 2-1 success with an exclamation mark. In Paris braved Springer and his team-mates on 4 June in the match against Germany 's team coach Sepp Herberger kingdom a 1-1 draw after extra time off. The replay on June 9, chose André Abegglen with his two hits for the 4-2 final score. The combination of GC / Servette reinforced with Lauro Amado FC Lugano had thus turned a tournament favorites. Without Georges Aeby and Severino Minelli, Switzerland lost in the next round of the game in Lille 0-2 goals against Hungary. It was the 19th international game of " Mandi " Springer. After the World Cup tournament, he also belonged to the teams that won in April 1939 against Hungary 3-1 in November 1939 against Italy also 3-1 on February 1, 1942 in Vienna against Germany 2-1 in. With his 37th international match on May 11, 1946 in London England against the 37 -year-old ended his career.
Springer, by profession a merchant initiated later years as director the fortunes of a large company.