Helmut Bracht
Helmut " Jockel " Bracht ( born September 11, 1929 in Dortmund, † 12 May, 2011 Seppenrade ) was a German football player and coach. With Borussia Dortmund, he was in 1956, 1957 and 1963, three times German champion and 1961 runner-up once. He is next to William Burgsmüller the only player who was in the final team in all three championships of Borussia before the founding of the Bundesliga.
Career
Oberliga West and football league, 1955-1964
Bracht started his career in the youth of Borussia, moved to the end of the Second World War, however, to Lünen and played there for Prussia Horstmar, the Lüner SV and BV Brambauer. The early 1950s, he returned to BVB back, however, was initially loaned to Westfalia Herne and SpVgg Herten and gathered there from 1949 /50 to 1954/55 competition experience in the 2nd League West. In his last season in Herten, in 1954/55, he finished with the Green-Whites of the arena Katzenbusch behind the Wuppertal SV, Hamborn 07 and VfB Bottrop fourth. His debut in the first team at Borussia Dortmund were the most active as a left outer rotor in the former WM system midfielder then in the Oberliga West 1955/56, on the fifth match day, when BVB 1 FC Cologne in the home game on September 18, 1955 defeated 3-0. Bracht had it here mainly to do with the Cologne Half rights Hans Sturm. Coach Helmut Schneider put the successor to Erich Schanko in 25 league matches and BVB celebrated with the legendary trio inside Preißler Alfred, Alfred Kelbassa and Alfred Niepieklo the championship in the Oberliga West. In the final round of the German Cup to Dortmund qualified over Hamburger SV, VfB Stuttgart and Viktoria 89 Berlin for the final. On 24 June 1956, the West champion in Berlin continued with 4:2 goals through against Karlsruher SC and Bracht was prompt in his first round league with the German champions Borussia Dortmund. The runners of the Master series was composed of Elwin Schlebrowski, Max Michallek and " Jockel " Bracht.
In the season 1956/57, reached Bracht and his team-mates first title defense in the Oberliga West and then the renewed triumph in the German Championship in 1957. Is unique in the history of German football that Dortmund with the identical final line-up was successful title defense. In the year of the FIFA World Cup 1958 in Sweden, the Elf came from Borsigpaltz although only to fifth place, personally recorded the meantime by his or her occupation as "Oil Prince" known Bracht through its use in all 30 league games with six goals, his best lap record. His round performance was also acknowledged by its inclusion in the " district team in 1957/58 ." Bracht, together with Karl Borutta and Willi Koll the rotor row. After another fifth place in 1959 - again Bracht had completed all 30 league games - came in the series 1959/60 under coach Max Merkel and the new offensive forces Timo Konietzka ( 25 goals ) and Jürgen Schütz ( 25 goals ) new momentum in the BVB team. For the runner-up in 1961 in the Oberliga West had " Jockel " Bracht made in 20 league games his contribution in the final of the German Championship - as in lost with 0:3 gates final against 1.FC Nürnberg - but he did not play.
In the last year of the old first-class league system in 1962 /63 Bracht came under coach Hermann Eppenhoff in achieving the runner-up behind champions 1.FC Cologne 18 league operations, but was then in the final round of the German Cup in the group stage from the third round, June 1, at 3-2 won the home match against Hamburger SV, including the final in the team of the German champions of 1963 active. The 4-0 success in the last group match day, 22 June, at the supervised by the former BVB coach Merkel " lions " of 1860 Munich, took the decision to move into the final. The championship cup Dortmund won against the favored Cologne with a 3-1 victory on June 29 in Stuttgart. Dieter Kurrat, Wolfgang Paul and Bracht were doing against the Cologne tower with Hans Schäfer, Anton Regh and Karl -Heinz Ripkens the rotor row of the last master of the old Oberligaära.
Helmut Bracht graduated from 1955 to 1963 for Dortmund in the Oberliga West 201 games and scored five goals in the process. In the finals of the German Cup, he came on 15 missions with a gate. His career as a player, he finished in 1964 after eleven games in the Bundesliga. He belongs to the circle of players who brought up and running on August 24, 1963 the start date of the new League concentration in Germany, the Bundesliga. Dortmund lost with 2:3 Bracht at Werder Bremen. On the last Rundentag, May 9, 1964 in the 0-2 loss against Eintracht Braunschweig he finished his playing career. He is counted among the "forgotten internationals " BVB.
European Cup, 1956-1964
Through the three championship successes in 1956, 1957 and 1963, the combative, defensive faithful and never slip- external rotor BVB also experienced the charm of European Cup games. From 1956 to 1964 he was the champion competition on 13 missions with a gate. He scored the goal on August 1, 1956 at the first EC- game from Dortmund 's 4-3 home game win against Spora Luxembourg. Memorable encounters were 1956/57, the clashes against Manchester United ( 2:3 / 0:0 ) where it had the BVB runner series to do with Billy Whelan, Tommy Taylor and Duncan Edwards. The same applies to the two games in 1957/58 against the Italian champions AC Milan (1:1 / 1:4 ) with the Stars Cesare Maldini and Nils Liedholm. At 34 years, the veteran adopted 1963/64, in the semi-final matches against Inter Milan ( 2:2 / 0:2 ) of the international stage. Again he had to compete in duels against Jair da Costa, Sandro Mazzola, Aurelio Milani, Luis Suárez and Mario Corso with international sizes.
After the career
After the end of his career Bracht was first talent scout and later chairman of Borussia. In addition, he took over in the 1970s for several months, the Office of the coach at Borussia Dortmund. Since 1974 he was a member of the Council of Elders of Borussia Dortmund, which he chaired from 1995 to 2001.
Bracht, a trained businessman, took over in 1957, the General Manager of the German shell in Dortmund and in 1960 founded his drain cleaning and sewer technology operating in Dortmund. He was one of the first football player who still professionally independent made during his footballing career.
Helmut Bracht died in 2011 at the age of 81 years and was buried in the Protestant cemetery of Dortmund- Brechten.