Ernst Poertgen

Ernst Poertgen ( born January 25, 1912 in Old Food, † November 3, 1986 in Bonn ) was a German football player.

Club career

The trained painter was considered a " magician on the ball" and was fast. His career that would bring him up to the national team, started at BV Altenessen 06 and led in 1931 to Schwarz-Weiß Essen. In 1934, he joined, after a brief interlude at the 1 FC Nuremberg, for FC Schalke 04, in which he was to spend his most successful period.

In 1934 came with the miners winning the German championship with 2-1 victory over 1.FC Nuremberg. 1935 succeeded the successful title defense with 6-4 against VfB Stuttgart striker and Poertgen provided with three goals, almost alone for the win. To double it was not enough, however. In the Cup final they lost the 1st FC Nuremberg 0-2.

In 1936 there was nothing to harvest for Schalke. In the championship already failed in 0:2 again in the semi-final against Nuremberg, it did not work well in the cup final. Here the winner was VfB Leipzig, 2-1 before the break also brought the on the second half.

1937 but could the next German championship be retracted. The constant enemy at this time, the club was defeated 2-0 - and now succeeded and the Double. In the cup final Fortuna Dusseldorf was defeated, etc. with the star players Stanislaus Kobierski, Paul Janes 2-1.

In 1938 the championship final was almost unbearably exciting. In the first final, there was despite two Poertgen gates no winner against Hannover 96 3:3 they parted. The same result after 90 minutes, there was a week later before Erich Meng then still shot victory for the Lower Saxony out in the 117th minute.

The miners have won more championships then, however Poertgen no longer part of the team. In 59 Gauligapartien for the Royal Blues center forward scored 59 hits. Since 1937 he lived his wife because in Bonn and joined the end of 1938 the Bonner FV on. During the war he was stationed in Munich from 1939 to 1942 and played for FC Wacker München. In 1942 he went into American captivity and returned only in 1946 back to Bonn.

National

If you already as a striker for subscription masters of that time, Schalke 04, played plus met regularly, it was inevitable that one was appointed for the national team. So it was with Ernst Poertgen, although it met five times during his three missions in the years 1935-1937, but still could not prevail. After all, a strike rate of over 100% can not record a national player.

Others

After 1946 Ernst Poertgen operated several taverns in Siegburg, Bonn and Bonn Kessenich Beuel. In the early 1980s he was hit in the district of Bonn Beuel from the car of a diplomat and lost a leg.