Herbert Wimmer
Herbert " Hacki " Wimmer ( born November 9, 1944 in Eupen, Belgium ) is a former German football player, who won as a player from Borussia Monchengladbach in the years 1970, 1971 and 1975 to 1977 the German championship. With the elf from Bökelberg he sat down in 1973 in the DFB Cup and 1975 UEFA Cup through. In his national team career from 1968 to 1976 - the 36 countries games with four goals - he won the final of the 1972 European Championships in Brussels and he was also with two inserts the victorious DFB - team the 1974 World Cup tournament in Germany. For Borussia Mönchengladbach he attended from 1966 to 1978 in the Football League 366 games and scored 51 goals.
Career
Clubs to 1979
Herbert Wimmer went through the entire youth ages at his home club Borussia fire in Aachen. When the running joyful, hook batting and combination safe winger in the 1965/66 season with the Green-Whites achieved promotion to the Association League Middle Rhine, he was observed by the Borussia coach Hennes Weisweiler - he was also active in the Federal State Cup selection of the Middle Rhine - and finally, after two trial equipped to round 1966/67, with a contract for the Bundesliga. With the ex- amateur Footballer of fire came to the second round of the Bundesliga Gladbach, 1966 /67 even goalkeeper Volker Danner, defender Vladimir Ďurkovič and striker Dieter Scholl Bach to the Lower Rhine.
The new data from the amateur camp, summoned by players and fans, " Hacki ", was used by Coach Weis hamlet immediately on the opening day of the round 1966/67, his Bundesliga debut. Gladbach played on August 20, 1966 0-0 at Schalke 04 and Wimmer had put on right outside a good start. On broadcast, Borussia were in eighth place. " Hacki " had (all round matches ) and three gates played right away with 34 inserts into the master cast and enriched the substance of the hopeful young team of coach Weis hamlet. He was also already moved into the sights of Germany coach Helmut Schön and came in November 1966 and May 1967, his first two DFB vocations, as he stormed into the German Junior National Team U23 in the international matches against Romania and Czechoslovakia on the right wing. In the next two years - 1968 and 1969 - came Borussia respectively on the third place in the table and from the former long-distance runner and Crosser on the right wing was a playful and tactically embossed defensive midfielder become the completely without " Bonecrusher " mentality, but with exceptional stamina and the lack of skill combination backward movement of the superior playmaker Günter Netzer in Moenchengladbach midfielder compensated and thus its playful creativity was allowed to come only to the highest development. His outstanding qualities in midfield led him into the senior team. On November 23, 1968 Wimmer made his debut in the World Cup qualifier in Nicosia against Cyprus in the team of Helmut Schoen. The "Long " was set in the middle of Max Lorenz, Wimmer and playmaker Wolfgang Overath. Striker Gerd Müller redeemed with his winning goal to make it 1-0 in the 90th minute the debutants, players, coaches and fans.
The first German championship he won with Mönchengladbach in the season 1969/70, as the " Foal Elf " with four points could decide ahead of the double winners of last year, Bayern Munich, the title race for themselves. The champion team of 1970 included the following regulars to: Wolfgang Kleff, Hans -Hubert Vogts, Klaus -Dieter Sieloff, Ludwig Müller, Hartwig Bleidick, Peter Dietrich, Günter Netzer, Herbert Laumen, Herbert Wimmer, Horst Koeppel, Ulrik Le Fevre and Winfried Schäfer. The "man for the long way " had scored six goals in 30 games.
In the Bundesliga came in 1971, 1975, 1976 and 1977, four more league titles added. Two German championships in 1970 and 1971 with Netzer, the UEFA Cup in 1975 and three more league titles after the departure of playmaker in 1973 to Real Madrid. The player " Hacki " Wimmer also celebrated successes without Günter Netzer, to limit his perception on the role as a "water carrier " of Netzer, his career is not fair. Not at Borussia Moenchengladbach, also not in the national team. Spectacular was the success in the DFB Cup of the year 1973, when the substitute in the 91st minute Günter Netzer in the 93rd minute winning goal to make it 2-1 succeeded against 1 FC Cologne.
With the 1970/71 season came to Wimmer and his team-mates the free games in the European Cup. In 1971/72 the " bush throwing " game ended on October 20, 1971 against Inter Milan in the football history books. Borussia sat down in a playful demonstration with 7:1 goals against Inter Guard to Burgnich, Facchetti, Corso, Mazzola and Boninsegna by. Then the game was canceled by UEFA because of a litter box by a spectator against Boninsegna and recognized a replay on December 1, 1971 in Berlin. In Milan Wittkamp reduced the 89 minutes to 2:3 and with the final whistle Ghio scored for Inter the 4-2 winning goal. In Berlin Sieloff missed in the 17th minute and a penalty kick by that 0-0 draw left " Hacki " and colleagues from the competition. But the constant twelve rounds accumulating " Gladbach motor " experienced not only in the " bush throwing game " dramatic moments in the European Cup. The two final matches for May 1973 against Liverpool ( with Keegan and Toshack ) ( 0:3; 2-0) in the UEFA Cup were the highlights, which is also on the semi-finals in April 1974 can be said in the Cup Winners' Cup competition against AC Milan. The progress in the UEFA Cup of the season 1974/75, culminating in the 5-1 away win on 21 May 1975 with the final second leg at Twente Enschede and the era Weisweiler - he went to Round 1975/76 to FC Barcelona in order from the round 1976 / 77 1 FC Cologne train - graduated with an international success, however, was less by drama, futile game art and letztendlichem failure marked, but was entirely under the influence of aggressive and playful superiority Gladbach team, which is indeed the same time the Bundesliga championship had earned six points ahead of Hertha BSC.
The following players were beside Herbert Wimmer in the finals against Enschede used: Wolfgang Kleff, Hans -Hubert Vogts Hans -Jürgen Witt Kamp, Ulrich Surau, Rainer Bonhof, Ulrich Stielike, Dietmar Danner, Christian Kulik, Allan Simonsen, Henning Jensen, Jupp Heynckes Hans Klinkhammer, Frank Schaffer, Horst Koeppel, Karl DEL'HAYE.
In national champion competition 1975/76, however, the nerves of the Gladbach players and managers were overused ( with Paul Breitner and Netzer ) over charge in the quarter- final second leg at Real Madrid. After a 2-2 draw by 2-0 in the first leg at the Bökelberg the time counted among the best teams in Europe Mönchengladbach were in Madrid under pressure. Already within the first 15 minutes, Borussia Berti Vogts, Dietmar Danner and Uli Stielike were cautioned by the referee Dutch van der Kroft. After 28 minutes, Jupp Heynckes scored the opening goal for Borussia. After 52 minutes resulted in a free kick controversial decision van der Krofts to compensate by Santillana. However, the Mönchengladbach dominated the game and in the 69th minute scored Henning Jensen to pass by Hans Klinkhammer supposedly the re- opening goal. Although the linesman dropped the flag down, but the referee ruled offside. 82 minutes in, defender Hans -Jürgen Witt Kamp scores a goal for Borussia Mönchengladbach, but this time the Dutch linesman Ben Hoppenbrouwer hinted at a previous challenge, after which van der Kroft did not give up this goal. The game-winning decisions of the referee in this game fell largely on lack of understanding. An official protest against the fact of Mönchengladbach decisions remained without consequences. The move into the national champion - final on 25 May 1977 in Rome against Liverpool was again a great performance of "Three Old Man of the Bökelberg " Heynckes, Vogts and Wimmer. No chance but ended the chapter " European Cup " for the long-distance runner in Moenchengladbach midfielder on April 12, 1978 in the return match in Liverpool, known as the " Reds " Wimmer and colleagues at the 0:3 defeat clearly dominated and transported out of the competition. " Hacki " Wimmer has completed a total of 58 European Cup games for Moenchengladbach and scored six goals in the process.
After the season 1977/78 - equal points behind champions 1.FC Cologne with his former coach Weis hamlet, came " Hacki " to the end of his career again to a runner-up - Herbert Wimmer adopted by 366 Bundesliga inserts with 51 goals in Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga. Then he packed his players to round activity at his home club Borussia fire in Amateur camp again his boots before massive hip problems ( three hip operations ) finally forced him to leave the lawn.
Achievements
National team 1968-1976
At the end of the Bundesliga first round in 1968/69 " Hacki " Wimmer of Germany coach Helmut Schön was appointed to the squad for the World Cup qualifier on 23 November 1968 in Nicosia against Cyprus. He made his debut in a 1-0 success in the national team and made it with Max Lorenz and Wolfgang Overath the middle of the German selection. In December of that year he also belonged to the DFB squad for the games against Brazil and Chile in South America and Central America to Mexico. He stood in the 40s squad for the World Cup 1970, but found no inclusion in the 22er circuit for the World Cup in Mexico.
As Gladbach defended in the Round 1970/71 was the first club in Bundesliga history the championship, it was again carefully at the DFB on the strong running midfielder with powers of deduction. 3-0 success the national team on 25 April 1971 in Istanbul against Turkey in the European Championship qualifier he formed with his Gladbach Club Netzer and colleagues Koeppel the game supporting the middle of the German team. From this developed his other tasks in the European Championship matches against Albania, Poland, England, in the semi-final against Belgium and won 3-0 in the final on 18 June 1972 in Brussels against the Soviet Union. After their 3-1 win on April 29 against England in London, the then national team was showered with praise. Internationally, the Europameisterelf is recognized by 1972 when the German national playful best. The midfield were Wimmer, Netzer and Uli Hoeness.
In winning the 1974 World Cup in Germany the " water carrier of Netzer " was ( Netzer itself but played in contrast to EM 1972 at the 1974 World Cup no role at all ) in the group match against Australia in to replace Bernd Cullmann and was 2-0 in the second round - success against Yugoslavia on the side of Rainer Bonhof and Wolfgang Overath in use. On the way to the final tournament of the European Championship 1976 in Belgrade Gladbach helped in the two quarter-finals in April and May 1976 the German defending against Spain to progress. In Belgrade, he was active in the semifinals against the organizer and in the final against Czechoslovakia. After his 36th international appearance on 20 June 1976 in Belgrade against Czechoslovakia ended " Hacki " Wimmer his international career. Was that a defensive midfielder without tackled without hard tackles without special athletics without unconditional assignment to a turning OFF opponent get along, on the other hand was able to perform his task with technology, combined assets, tactical discipline and excellent running performance over the years at the international level in the service of the team, that's the extraordinary thing about the footballer Herbert Wimmer.
After the career end of 1978 he had taken over his father's business, which he has since sold but for health reasons. His father had a tobacco wholesale trade in which Wimmer had also helped out too active Bundesliga times. That's why he never moved to Mönchengladbach, but always traveled to training and the games, the 80 km.