Ivo Schricker

Ivo Schricker ( born March 18, 1877 in Strasbourg, † January 10, 1962 in Zurich ) was a German football player and football official.

Schricker came in the early 1890s as a high school student in Karlsruhe for the first time with the fledgling sport of soccer in contact. His military service he performed in Strasbourg and played as well be a year younger brother Erwin founded in 1890 at Strasbourg FV as well as initiated by Walther Bense man selection team Karlsruher Kickers. Then Schricker studied law in Berlin, where he was the Academic SC active. 1898 and 1899 was one of the tall center-half to the best players in the so-called Ur - international matches against teams from England. After graduating, he lived again in Karlsruhe. Played there in the meantime a doctorate in law from 1900 to 1906 for the Karlsruher FV, with whom he was South German Champion several times. Highlight of his time at KFV was reaching the final of the German Cup in 1905, which was, however, lost to Union 92 Berlin 0-2.

For professional reasons, Schricker adopted in 1906 from Karlsruhe and moved to Egypt, from where he returned in 1914 to Germany. After the First World War he started a career officer who made ​​the linguistically gifted and diplomatically active Schricker sent to one of the most influential football protagonists. He was from 1923 to 1925 Chairman of the South German Football Association in 1927 assessor in the board of the German Football Association and from 1928 to 1932, third President of the DFB. At international level, he was from 1927 to 1932 Vice- President of the Football world governing body FIFA and chairman secretary of the Amateur Commission. In 1932 he was elected the first FIFA Secretary General and held that post until December 1950. Schricker, who was appointed by the DFB as an honorary member, died in 1962 in Zurich.