Robert Gebhardt

Robert Gebhardt, called " PTO " ( born September 20, 1920 in Nuremberg, † February 8, 1986 ) was a German football player and coach. As a player of the 1st FC Nuremberg in 1948 he won the German championship.

Career

Player

As of 1939, played at the 1st FC Nuremberg Gebhardt. During the Second World War without title win in the Gauliga Bavaria and from 1945-50 in the Oberliga Süd. In the league he played 125 games, scoring 22 goals. During the war years 1943 and 1944 he played in series of Air Force Sports Club Hamburg. With this selection Elf he was in 1943 in the cup final against Vienna and 1944 in the final of the German football championship against the Dresdner SC. In both finals game strong left external rotor could not prevent the respective defeats. On August 8, 1948 " PTO " could but after a 2-1 victory against 1 FC Kaiserslautern in the final of the final stretch the championship trophy in triumph to heaven, he had become German champion with his "club". In representative games he had come four times used for the South before 1946 to 1949. After winning the title in 1950, he moved to Hamburg for FC St. Pauli. In the Oberliga Nord he came up with 59 games and two goals for the team from Millerntorplatz. Coach Helmuth Johannsen brought him 1953/54, to Bremerhaven 93 As Johannsen in 1954/55 Holstein Kiel took over, it was Gebhardt coach on the tariff inland place in Bremerhaven Lehe district. Surprisingly, he led the team to 2nd place in the Oberliga Nord and thus to the final round of the German soccer championship. There, the team of young coach Gebhardt with Rot-Weiss Essen, Offenbacher Kickers and Wormatia Worms had to deal. RW Essen sat down by sovereign, but Bremerhaven did not disappoint with 6:6 points. In 1956 he passed the examination to become football coach. Player Robert Gebhardt is described as follows:

Coach in the league and the Regional

In Bremerhaven he remained until 1958, before moving for two rounds in the west to the SV Sodingen, where he indeed was 1958/59 does not prevent relegation, but in the Herne district Sodingen in luck - on - stadium the following season 1959 / 60 immediate resurgence brought about. In the round of 1960/61, he coached the BC Augsburg in the 2nd League South. Together with the national player Helmut Haller he managed the championship and thus promotion to the Oberliga Süd. Now it was the Bergisch land, he, he moved to Wuppertal SV where in the round 1963/64, in the Regionalliga West behind Alemannia Aachen could occupy the second place. This had the WSV against the West Second FK Pirmasens contest qualifiers to participate in the promotion round to the Bundesliga. Both games were lost by the Gebhardt team. He remained in the stadium of the zoo and Round 1964 /65. It was followed by a season at Arminia Bielefeld and then he went back to the south. In the two rounds 1966/67 and 1967/68 he tried his luck for SpVgg Fürth, where he not only won in the first year in Ronhof with the achieved 3rd place his old friends in Nuremberg.

Coach in the Bundesliga

To July 1, 1968 Robert Gebhardt was coach of MSV Duisburg in the Bundesliga. Two laps he was responsible for the " Zebras ". With the players Michael Bella, Detlef Pirsig and Willibert Kremer he was able to get the class view on athletic recovery but was not especially been read with the 15th rank of the season 1969/70. The next stop took him to Werder Bremen. In the 1970/71 season he reached the 10th place with 41:40 and 33:35 gateway points. This had no one made ​​her happy, so was invested for the round 1971/72 strong at the Weser. There were national team players Peter Dietrich and Herbert Laumen Borussia Mönchengladbach, Willi Neuberger and Werner Weist of Borussia Dortmund. This one had brought quality to the squad, now also places in the top table field should be realistic, hoped in any case those responsible for Werder. After a weak start with 8:8 points after eight games, but has been dismissed as coach Robert Gebhardt already on 26 September in 1971 after the 2:3 home defeat against VfB Stuttgart. The simple purchase of success had not worked. At the FC Wacker Innsbruck Robert Gebhardt celebrated on the other hand in 1973 winning the Double. He was Austrian champion and cup winner. Scorer was the ex -Hofer Wolfgang Breuer with 22 hits. In the short winter break of the round 1978/79 Robert Gebhardt took up the rear of the Bundesliga 1 FC Nuremberg. Another hopefuls next to the old masters players can still committed to Bayern star Uli Hoeness. Although " PTO " did much more momentum in the ranks to Norbert Eder and Bertram Beierlorzer, but the descent he could not prevent. President Michael A. Roth won the Belgian Jef Vliers as their new coach for the Round 1979/80 to the club. The ascent from the second league was set to fresh air. Gebhardt was demoted to "advisors". After a 2-2 draw at home on August 18, 1979 the hapless Vliers were handed out with his points haul of 1:5 the papers. Gebhardt was characterized from the 20th of August head coach in the Noris and was able to work on the goal of immediate ascent. In fact, by winning the championship succeeded the Bundesliga promotion for season 1980 / 81st Three weeks before the commencement Gebhardt resigned after disagreements (mainly because of the occupation of assistant coach spot ) back with the Bureau by his coach post.

Supplement

" PTO " Gebhardt, former player and coach of the " Club" as well as operators of the economy " to Hippel ," died in 1986 at the age of 65. His final resting he found at the Nuremberg West Cemetery.

Swell

  • Germany Soccer, The lexicon, Sports Verlag Berlin, 2000, ISBN 3-328-00857-8
  • Encyclopedia of German football, AGON, 1998, ISBN 3-89784-132-0
  • 25 years second league, AGON, 2000, ISBN 3-89784-145-2
  • History of the Oberliga Nord, plain text, 1991, ISBN 3-88474-463-1
  • History of the Oberliga Süd, plain text, 1993, ISBN 3-88474-055-5
  • History of the Oberliga West, plain text, 1988, ISBN 3-88474-332-5
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