Rudi Glöckner
Rudi Glöckner ( born March 20, 1929 in Markranstadt; † January 25, 1999 ) was a German football referee.
Sports career
Hunchback was active as a football player first with steel Markranstadt and after job-related moving the SG rotation Leipzig. In 1952 he passed the referee exam and directed in 1953 his first game: the District League match between West Polygraph and motor Stötteritz. His performances have taken him to the top division, the DDR - Oberliga in which he was 1959-1977 for his hometown club motor Markranstadt in a total of 230 games as a referee for use. Four times he led the final of the fdgb Cup (1963, 1968, 1971 and 1974).
International Hunchback was first used at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 for use, where he led the match between Brazil and the United Arab Republic.
As a representative of the German Football Association, the Football Association of the GDR, he headed on June 21, 1970, 107,000 viewers the final of the soccer World Cup in Mexico between Brazil and Italy ( 4:1). He was the first and so far only German who refereed the final of the World Cup. Since the Brazilian delegation accepted neither the famous European officials and the Italian national team did not want a South African referee, mandated FIFA President Sir Stanley Rous Hunchback with the line of the final match. Rudi Glöckner had only whistled a senior international game of this World Cup and the final was only the second game of the tournament, and thus the third international match at all for him, but the Mexican newspaper El Heraldo ruled later: " The GDR referees officiated in the style of a class man. " Other voices, however, also practiced criticism of Bell-Ringer performance, especially at a abgepfiffenen Pelé scoring chance.
On August 26, 1970 he headed in Buenos Aires the second leg of the playoffs for the World Cup between Estudiantes de la Plata and Feyenoord Rotterdam (2-2 ) and on 3 June 1971 in Leeds the second leg of the playoffs to the Fairs Cup between Leeds United and Juventus (1:1). The following year Hunchback came during the 1972 European Championship in Belgium for use. On 16 January 1974 Hunchback whistled the Supercup final match between Ajax Amsterdam and AC Milan in Amsterdam ( 6-0 ), in the same year he was also used in games of the 1974 World Cup. On May 19 In 1976 followed the second leg of the finals of the UEFA Cup match between FC Bruges and Liverpool (1-1) in the Belgian city of Bruges. , Making it one of the few referees who acted as referee in two finals in the same international competition and is the German referee with most international finals.
Overall Hunchback served as FIFA referee for the GDR total of 107 international matches, including 24 A- internationals.
After his referee career Rudi Glöckner remained the sport as an organizer of football tournaments and as a functionary connected in various referee commissions, including the UEFA and DFB and the NOFV of which he was also.
Private life
Rudi Glöckner was a trained administrative clerk.