Ernst Hollstein

Ernst Hollstein (born 9 December 1886 in Karlsruhe, † August 9, 1950 ), called " Holler ", was a football player of the Karlsruher FV.

Career

Ernst Hollstein joined by the youth of the FC Phoenix in the youth team of the PFV. He came there in the first team. He played mostly on the position of left-back. His playing style is described as elegant, smooth and confident. He was not a defender of the opposing strikers fought with strength and force. His means were dexterity, excellent technique and a shiny head ball game. Blind absorption of the ball were alien to him. His passing game from the defense was that of a game strong external rotor or inside forward.

In Kirn / Natan is stated that: " Ernst Hollstein was one of the greatest defenders ever attracted over a field. Played left or right, but preferred the left position. The medium-sized players belonged to the elite of the KFV grandiose football squadron ', which represented his team 1909-1912. With crediting it formed a perfect defense pair. Its intuitive positional play is called, mind reading '. "

From 1910 to 1912 he moved three times in the semi-finals at the German soccer championship. He was awarded the 1910 KFV German champion, runner-up in 1912 and lost in 1911 at semifinal against VfB Leipzig. The Crown Prince Cup he won with the Südauswahl 1912.

His first cap for the DFB he denied on April 24, 1910 in Arnhem. The 2:4 defeat against Holland, he experienced left-back. His fifth use in the national team had Hollstein on June 29, 1912 game against Austria, in the preliminary round of the Olympic tournament in Stockholm. He played again on the left back position. The 1:5 - defeat can not be ascribe Hollsteins defense, but rather the fact that took over the place in goal for the goalkeeper Albert Weber suffered a concussion after the center-forward Worpitzky. With the use on July 3, 1912 at the consolation round game of the Olympics against Hungary, he finished with 26 years - as a six-time national player - his international career.

It was lively regrets that Hollstein retired in 1913 from active competition in order to devote more attention to his studies. He later worked as a school teacher in the southern Baden Offenburg.

1920/21 Hollstein was coach at Offenburger FV 1907 in the first circle class (2nd league). The illustrated sports newspaper football wrote on 28 December 1920: "The successes are due primarily to the International Ernst Hollstein, who coached the team in thankfully. "

Swell

  • Jürgen Bitter: Germany national football player, The lexicon. Sports Verlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00749-0.
  • Hardy Green: From the Crown Prince to the Bundesliga. 1890-1963 ( Encyclopedia of German league football, Vol 1). Agon Sport Verlag, Kassel 1996, ISBN 3-928562-85-1.
  • Raphael Keppel ( Eds.): Germany's international football matches. Sports and game publishing Hitzel, Hürth, 1989, ISBN 3-9802172-4-8.
  • Klaus Querengässer: The German Football Championship, Part 1: 1903-1945 Agon Sport Verlag, Kassel 1997, ISBN 3-89609-106-9 ( Agon sports statistics, Vol 28).
  • National football team ( Germany )
  • German
  • Olympian ( Germany )
  • Born in 1886
  • Died in 1950
  • Man
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