Josef Fath

Josef " Seppl " Fath (* December 27, 1911 in Worms, † August 11, 1985 ) was a German football player of Wormatia Worms. He brought it in the years 1934 to 1938 to 13 matches, scoring seven goals.

Association

The only 1.60m wide left winger had his strengths in his speed and his shot assets. His specialty was gates from an acute angle. He stood in the 1933 winning team from Southern Germany at winning the kingdom of Federal / State Cup and 1934 in the successful team of the Southwest in the fight game Cup. With the Wormatia he retired in 1936 only in the last four in Tschammerpokal out and played a great final round of the German Cup. Behind the group winners 1.FC Nuremberg occupied the Wormatia second place and was thus failed at the German Masters in 1936. Worms in 1936, 1937 and 1939 respectively Gaumeister in the Southwest, because of the consequences of a breach Fath could not participate in the finals in 1937 but.

National

On September 9, 1934 Reich him coach Otto Mink called the game in Warsaw on Poland for the first time in the national team. It was the first international match after the successful World Cup in Italy in 1934 for the mink team. The storm was formed by Ernst Lehner, Otto Siffling, Karl Hohmann, Fritz Szepan and " Seppl " Fath on the left wing instead of " Tau" Kobierski. The game was won 5-2 gates. Just four weeks later, the Worms came to his second game in the DFB. In turn, 5:2 won game against Denmark in Copenhagen the committee strong winger scored three goals. After that, he was six months by an injury to his place in the team of Prof. mink not defend. Nevertheless, he came in 1935 to eight more missions in the national team. His spectacular show had Fath but on February 23, 1936 at the international match in Barcelona against Spain. Germany won 2-1 in both goals against and the legendary Spanish goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora scored Star " Seppl " Fath.

A lengthy knee injury stopped the scorers on the left wing - in the Olympic tournament in Berlin in 1936 Wormser was sorely missed. After a break of two years, he returned on March 20, 1938 in Nuremberg at the game against Hungary again in the national team back. Also in the unofficial international match on April 3, 1938 in Vienna against Austria he stormed on the left wing. After the invasion of Hitler in Austria, the merger was then yes operated in football. His 13th and last game of the national team, he played on 24 April 1938 in Frankfurt am Main with a 1-1 draw against Portugal. For the World Cup in France in 1938, coach Sepp Herberger to Hans Pesser of Rapid Vienna.

End of career

He finished in 1940 because of his serious knee problems finally his career. After the 2nd World War he worked in his home town as a district representative of the Toto / Lotto society.

Statement

In the book of KIRN / NATAN by Ullstein from 1958 notes the following about " Seppl " Fath:

• National football team ( Germany )
• German
• Sport ( Worms)
• Person (Worms )
• Born in 1911
• Died in 1985
• Man