Herbert Erhardt
Herbert " Ertl " Erhardt ( born July 6, 1930 in Fuerth, † July 3, 2010 ibid; according to birth certificate Erhard written ) was a German football player from 1953 to 1962 50 caps for the German national football team played over the years and and a goal achieved. He played for 20 years for SpVgg Fürth and ended his career in the 1960s at the then second division side FC Bayern Munich. In his brief coaching career in the amateur field, he led the BC Augsburg for runners in the then third-class Bavarian League.
Clubs, 1942-1964
SpVgg Fürth, 1942-1962
When three-time German champion, the Spielvereinigung Fuerth, went through the native of Fürth Herbert Erhardt all stages in the youth department of the White -Green from Ronhof. With his future teammates in the Oberligaelf, Richard Gottingen, he grew up and played with him regularly on the street football. In the youth team Erhardt was trained by former international Hans Hagen. The rugged fighter type, the delicate handling was not placed with the ball in the cradle came, just before his 18th birthday for the first use in the Oberliga Süd. On 20 June 1948 the " Kleeblattelf " received the FC Wacker München, Herbert Erhardt made his debut in a 3-0 home victory as a right runner in the league team the game association. As Table Fifteenth he experienced relegation of his club. Immediately rose francs in the year 1949 in the Oberliga Süd and won a sensational 1950, the South German championship. Here, the young players played only three games in the league. In the south in 1951 as the defending champion was able to win the runner-up, but he was already with 25 inserts the root occupation of the team coached by Helmut Schneider. He graduated at the side of Max Appis, Hans Bauer, Richard Gottingen, Karl May and Horst Schade five games in the final round of the German football championship against Kaiserslautern, Schalke and St. Pauli.
Fürth just missed in the round 1952/53, third behind champion Eintracht Frankfurt and the Vice- champions VfB Stuttgart the re- entry into the final round of the German soccer championship. Erhardt had denied 29 of 30 league games and Horst Schade led with 22 hits, the top scorer in the South before the 1st FC Nuremberg went hunting for goals 1953/54. There followed three years of double-digit rankings before 1957-1959 again the connection succeeded to the leading teams. In the round in 1957/58, the "clover " team came on points with 39:21 meters with Eintracht Frankfurt in fourth place and had conceded only 33 goals in 30 games. Trainer by Jenő Csaknády was able to build in 28 games on the use, duel strength and reliability of " Ertl " Erhardt. From 1960 to 1962 Fürth was again on the rear table regions. In the World Cup 1962, the Ronhofelf narrowly avoided relegation by three points. Under coach Jenő Vincze the White -Green landed on the 12th spot. Erhardt was accumulated in 28 matches and finished with a 3-1 home success in the game on April 15, 1962 against the BC Augsburg his career with the Spielvereinigung Fürth.
Behind Richard Inger God, who brought it to 347 Oberliga inserts, Erhardt covered with 335 games in the Oberliga Süd ranks second in the Fürth roster. Overall, he is in the Südliga with 363 inserts on the sixth.
FC Bayern Munich, 1962-1964
On August 19, 1962, the 32- year-old ex - Fürth played the first league game for Bayern Munich. In the year before the new football league, the elimination race ran for the places for the elite league, and in order to realize the goal of the recording, the defensive specialist was hired by the Bavarians. Added to this was in Munich nor the local competition by the " lions " added. Helmut Schneider, the coach in the early years of Erhardt in Spielvereinigung sat on the long-standing shown class of " Ertl " in the stabilization of the Bayern defense. Offensively, we relied on Peter Grosser, Dieter and Rainer Brenninger Ohlhauser. The debut against Eintracht Frankfurt game ended with a sobering 0-5 defeat at home. Since even the second away game on September 9, 1962 lost with a hearty 1:6 defeat at TSG Ulm 1846 went, could not be called a successful start. After the winter break, Bayern were but still with 21:9 points in third place, two points behind the 1st FC Nuremberg and one point behind the TSV 1860 München. On broadcast, the "Lion " attracted as Südmeister together with the Vice 1.FC Nuremberg in the final round and also in the Bundesliga one. The Bavaria was not enough, the third place, however, the nomination for the new league. Erhardt had completed 28 games with a goal and had also been in the Fairs Cup in the two games in the spring of 1963 against Dinamo Zagreb in use. In his second year at Bayern came as the new coach of the 1st FC Cologne Zlatko Čajkovski to the "Reds". In the Player Squad Willi Giesemann and Peter Grosser attracted by their exchange to Hamburg or Munich in 1860 before the Bundesliga the Regionalliga Süd. " Ertl " Erhardt graduated 1963/64, in the Regionalliga 35 of 38 league games with four goals and drew as runner-up with Bayern in the promotion round. There, however, sat surprisingly Borussia Neunkirchen and referred by the favorite from Munich to second place. Erhardt played five games in the promotion round.
After two seasons at Bayern Munich Erhardt ended in 1964 with 34 years of his 17 -year-old league career and returned to his hometown to Fürth back.
In the book about the Oberliga Süd by Werner Skrentny he is quoted about his move to Bayern Munich with the following statement:
" 50,000 marks earnest money at that time were very much money and from that I have built myself a house. For me, the change has been a great stroke of luck, because the conditions at Bayern were not comparable to Fürth. In the game of association you had the 320 DM base salary with maybe 200 DM premiums in Munich 1500 base salary plus bonuses. " Work he had not in Munich, " we were then practically professionals. "
National Team, 1953-1962
National coach Sepp Herberger sighted from Fürth Defensive Allrounder on June 4, 1953 in Augsburg during the play of a DFB team against Southern Germany, as Erhardt at right-back of the Regional team just as convinced as his team-mate Richard Gottingen as a left outer rotor. Herberger put both Fürth ten days later in the B national team in the international match in Dusseldorf against Spain in a 5-2 success one. Beginning of August 1953 was one Erhardt in the squad for the first World Cup qualifying match on 19 August 1953 in Oslo against Norway, but was not yet in a 1-1 draw for use. The coach had scheduled a test match against a Swiss selection on September 2, 1953 in Konstanz, where he again wanted to see the two Fürth, Erhardt and Gottingen, in an international test. Both impressed in the 2-0 victory of the Herberger team a superb idea. The coach rewarded this performance with the debut in the senior team on October 11, 1953 at the World Cup qualifying match in Stuttgart against the Saarland. Erhardt was formed with the VfB players Erich Retter the defender pair and Karl May and Gottingen acted as side runners. Three players of the game of association Fürth debuted so in the 3-0 win against managed by Helmut Schön Saarland. Herberger took Erhardt with the Football World Cup 1954 in Switzerland. But when unexpected title win he did not play. To his second international appointment, he was the first international game after the World Cup tournament, on 26 September 1954 in Brussels against Belgium, as the world champion was defeated with 0:2 goals and thus ushered in a prolonged period of failure. The breakthrough in the national team of experienced all positions in defense dominant Franke in the World Cup season in 1957/58. On November 20, 1957 he played in the 1-0 success against Sweden in Hamburg right-back his thirteenth international match. It was followed by two international matches against Hungary and Belgium before Erhardt on March 19, 1958 was allowed for the first time hold the center half role in the national team. It was his breakthrough to the intelligence chief in the national team. In Frankfurt, Spain was the internationally renowned interior storm László Kubala, Alfredo Di Stéfano and Luis Suárez to guest. It was the dress rehearsal for the World Cup opening match against Argentina on June 8, 1958 in Malmo dar. national coach Herberger was the convincing 2-0 victory to his defensive lineup for the World Cup in Sweden. The defensive alliance with goalkeeper Fritz Herkenrath, the defenders Georg Stollenwerk and Erich Juskowiak and the rotor row Horst Eckel, " Ertl " Erhardt and Horst Szymaniak has shown its merit outstandingly against the individual class of the Iberians. At the World Championship 1958 in Sweden convinced " Ertl " Erhardt internationally as a center half and was instrumental in helping the defending champions moved into the semi-final against Sweden. As the coach wanted to bring in the match for third place against France and its reservists used the Fürth moved against one of the offensively strong surprise team from France, from the defense headquarters - there came the Essen Heinz Wewers used - on the left-back position. The outstanding French interior Trio Just Fontaine / Raymond Kopa / Roger Piantoni used the success of the 6-3 plentiful.
For Captain Erhardt was first appointed in his 29th international cap on 20 May 1959 in Hamburg against Poland. After the successful World Cup qualifiers against Northern Ireland and Greece, he also belonged to the World Cup squad for the tournament in Chile in 1962. Although the German team was eliminated after a 0-1 defeat in the quarter- final against Yugoslavia, but the defense convinced with stopper Erhardt in the games against Italy, Switzerland, Chile, and also on June 10, 1962 in Santiago in his 49th match against Yugoslavia. At the beginning of the round 1962/63, Erhardt was the age of 32 to Bayern Munich changed, he left with his 50th game on September 30, 1962 in Zagreb against Yugoslavia after the 3-2 win by three goals from Heinz Strehl, from the national soccer team.
After playing career
Erhardt, who played about 800 missions for the "Shamrock " was, until his retirement anno employed in 1994 as sports teacher at Fürth main school " Pfisterstraße ".
The owner of the DFB honor shield worked as a trainer for SpVgg Büchenbach and in Augsburg. Here he was in the season 1968/1969 the last coach of the BC Augsburg and after the merger with the footballers of TSV Schwaben Augsburg first coach of the resulting FC Augsburg. By descended straight from the Regional BC he was doing in the then third-class Bavarian League runner-up in 1969 and missed the immediate resurgence only on goal difference. With FC, he reached the fourth place in the following season.
Later he trained in the upscale amateur nor the SpVgg Landshut, 1 FC Herzogenaurach, the SG Quelle Fürth and TSV guard the village.
Herbert Erhardt died on July 3, 2010, the same day as the national team defeated 4-0 at the World Cup in South Africa Argentina, after a long illness in his home town of Fürth, shortly before his 80th birthday.