Dettmar Cramer

Dettmar Cramer ( born April 4, 1925 in Dortmund ) is a former German football player and coach.

Professional life

Beginnings and detour to journalism

Cramer's footballers career began at Viktoria Dortmund and Germania Wiesbaden. When a youth seminar 1941, he met at the age of 16 years, Sepp Herberger, who became his sponsor. Cramer's early career as a coach and player-coach led him to the clubs Teutonia Lippstadt, VfL Geseke, FC Paderborn and TuS Eving - Lindenhorst. From the year 1948/49, until 30 June 1963, he served as head coach of the West German Football Association in Duisburg.

In between, he tried to take in journalism foot. He was the first editor in the sports field at the Second German Television. However, it held him there for only three months. In his own words he missed the direct contact with the football. He instead went to Japan for three months to get back to work as a football coach.

Time the DFB and national teams

On January 1, 1964, he returned to the German Football Association. He also served as assistant to Helmut Schoen. In this position he also accompanied the Football World Cup 1966, together with Udo Lattek. Cramer, who was 1974 DFB coach until June 30, was employed at this time in around 70 countries as FIFA coach. He later earned a reputation as the oft-quoted " globetrotter ". To August 1, 1974 it the American Football Association undertook a national coach.

Bundesliga, success in the European Cup

Over the years, Cramer had received several offers from the Bundesliga, he had always refused. For the 1974/1975 season, he then agreed with Hertha BSC and went as a coach with the shortest tenure in the Bundesliga history ( 06/ 2013): he broke his contract after the first workout again. According to Spiegel, he had refused, intricate with in the Bundesliga scandal and the DFB Wolfgang Holst locked together. When this subsequent press conference in which Cramer was to be presented, then wanted to lead, he resigned from his contract. Officially, he let it be known " compelling personal reasons".

On January 16, 1975 Cramer became head coach of Bayern Munich. At the beginning he was strongly criticized. Its sober nature very distinguished him from his predecessor, the media Udo Lattek what irritated both the board and the fans. In addition, the U.S. association was unhappy with the sudden departure of its head coach and hinted to have the contract rescinded. Also appeared time and again, the name Max Merkel, who coached the neighboring club TSV 1860 Munich, as a possible successor to. That Cramer survived this difficult period, he owed mainly to the leading player Franz Beckenbauer, the Cramer had once housed the DFB before being thrown out of the DFB youth.

With Bayern Cramer in 1975 and 1976 European Cup Winners ' Cup. In 1976 he was also World Cup winner. Since the FCB but missed the German Cup, he was eventually forced to leave. In December 1977, the club made ​​a trade with Eintracht Frankfurt: Cramer moved to the Main, Gyula Lóránt came to the Isar. However, none of the two clubs was happy with it: Bayern was in season 1977/78 only Tabellenzwölfter ( worst finish in Bundesliga history ), and also the Frankfurt waited only average performance on. Cramer's commitment to the unity ended June 30, 1978.

Saudi Arabia and return to the Bundesliga

From the autumn of 1978 to December 1981 he worked in Saudi Arabia as national coach and the club Al -Ittihad. From December 1981 to May 1982, he coached the Greek club Aris Thessaloniki.

For the 1982/83 season Cramer returned as manager of Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the Bundesliga back. During his three years with Bayer reached him in 1983/84 for the first time a single-digit table space. As this success it was not repeated in the season, he left the club and the league.

Japan

After his Bundesliga time he worked on a few foreign stations, including back in Japan. As a consultant, the Japanese coach Cramer had a key position at the, by then the greatest success of the Japanese national soccer team, the bronze medal at the 19th Olympic Games in Mexico, in Japan the host Mexico 2-0 defeated in the 3rd place match, held. In Japan, Cramer is still revered to this day as the founder of modern football. He was admitted to a first group in the Japanese Football Hall of Fame in 2005. Until a few years ago he went regularly to lecture tours in the country.

2002 Cramer announced officially, he finds it from now retired.

Private

Cramer was a lieutenant in the paratroopers in World War II.

He is married for the second time. His wife, Anna Marie, he learned while abroad in Bangkok know. In the contemporary press was then rumored, Cramer had the offer from Bayern Munich accepted to do his wife a favor. This was that the family, which included a then almost adult son, finally settled down.

Cramer lives with his family in Bavaria Reit im Winkl.

Awards

In recognition of his commitment abroad Cramer received two honorary professorships, as well as the Order of Merit he was awarded. Emperor Hirohito personally awarded him the highest Order of Culture of Japan for his work as coach of the national team for the Olympic Games in 1968. Cramer Furthermore, the Mohican and Sioux was the honorary chief appointed.

2013 was Dettmar Cramer of the initiative? " German football ambassador " of the Honorary Award for Lifetime Achievement awarded.

Trivia

Due to his meticulous work was Cramer " football professor " called; because of its height of only 1.61 m, it also carried the nickname "Napoleon". He had also once photographed in a corresponding costuming by Diana Sandman, the former girlfriend of Franz Beckenbauer. Sepp Maier jokingly called him " Running meter ". In his youth, Cramer operated as a boxer.

In early March 2009 turned the Federal Association of German Cooperative Banks eV a TV campaign, in short recordings also Dettmar Cramer is seen. The spot under the slogan "Everyone has something that drives him " and was designed by the Berlin-based agency home. Accompanying this 10 portrait films were developed, the disclosure was made only on the Internet. In the more minute films, the protagonists of the actual campaign told from their lives. Cramer explained in this context, as he brought the football to Japan. In January 2010, the spot of the People's Cooperative Banks was elected by the horizont.net readers the most successful commercial of the year 2009.