Hermann Friese
Georg Paul Hermann Friese (* May 30, 1882 or May 22, 1880 in Hamburg, † October 1945 in São Paulo ) was a German Brazilian footballer and athlete. He is considered the best player of the early days of Brazilian football - the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo in 1903 called him the " most sensational footballer of all time " - came two times to champion honors and won several top scorer.
Already in Europe Friese had gained fame as a track and field athlete and won, among others, in 1902 the German Championship in the 1500 meter race. In May 1907, he took the only athlete from Brazil in an international competition in Uruguay, known as the International Olympics of Montevideo, and won in a single evening the competitions over 1500 meters and 800 meters. About 400 meters he finished second. As a football player he was in Hamburg for SC Germania in 1887, a predecessor of the club Hamburger SV, active.
Friese emigrated in 1903 from Germany to Brazil and entered in São Paulo, founded by Hans Nobiling football club SC Germânia at, who had especially German members. How Friese had played Nobiling at SC Germania in Germany in 1887, whose name and club colors of SC Germânia took over. He made his debut on the opening day of the Championship of São Paulo from 1903, first on June 11 as a referee during the game between the crew of the Mackenzie College against the last year's champion São Paulo Athletic Club and then on June 21 as a player in a 1-1 draw by Germânia was also involved with SC Internacional, at its founding Hans Nobiling. On August 3, he scored his only two goals this season for the team, whose support was in defense of the club founder Nobiling in the 3:4 defeat against Internacional. Germânia finished the season as the fifth, last and was again at the next championship in fifth, but with six participants in the round.
1905 Germânia runner of São Paulo and friezes with 14 goals in ten games top scorer in the League Paulista de Foot - ball. 1906 and 1907 he was charged with six hits again top scorer, although he the title with the Germânia teammates filler and once even with Léo from SC Internacional had to share in those years. In 1906 he was with the club also the first champion of São Paulo. 1915 Germânia won the championship again, though. According to the spin-off of most of the top clubs for APEA, the Associação Paulista de Esportes Atlético, in the weaker league to assess,
On July 30 of the year it Friese denied in the 0:4 defeat GERMANIAS against SC Americano his last championship game; after that Germânia withdrew because of the First World War from the current competition, and until 1921 to return to the league again.
Hermann Friese played according to contemporary sources always where he could be the team's best aid. The tall, powerfully built Friese was known for his physical game - that it not only often sharp rebuke the enemy, but also the nickname " Sledgehammer " ( Marreta ) earned. In addition to its hardness, but it also dribbling art and good ball handling will be awarded.
When Germânia where 1909 and 1911, the subsequent exceptional footballer Arthur Friedenreich made first competition experience over the years, Friese also acted as a coach.
Referee
Hermann Friese also found great recognition as the "first great name of refereeing of São Paulo ". So he headed for example, the play of the Championship of São Paulo in 1903, 1904, 1910 and 1920 and the final of the Troféu Interestadual 1910, the FC Botafogo from Rio in Velódromo of São Paulo 7-2 against the home team of the AA Palmeiras won. It was quite common in those days, that player also acted as referee in other games.
Caused a sensation in his management of the decision game in 1903 between the São Paulo Athletic Club and CA Paulistano when he blew the final whistle the second half after only 28 minutes, instead of the regular 35 minutes of his time with the score at 2-1 for the SPAC. Friese felt in its security threatened after the players of Paulistano protested strongly because of their view unjustly been surviving penalty decision. The Association recognized the true error as, but kept the results upright.
In 1904 he initiated the re- edition of the decision game from last year, in which the SPAC again, this time 1-0, kept the upper hand, and in 1910 he overlooked the game between AA das Palmeiras against Paulistano in the Palmeiras 3-1 defended the title. His last playoff he led in 1920, in which Palestra Itália, now known as Palmeiras, with a 2-1 victory over CA Paulistano, secured the title for the first time.
On October 22, 1916, he led the championship game between Santos FC and CA Ypiranga with the stadium of Santos, Vila Belmiro was inaugurated. The home side won the game 2-1. Overall, he led at least 53 games of the championship of São Paulo.
He is also a patron of the Academia Paulista de Futebol de Arbitros Charles Miller - an honor which was next to him only nine other arbitrators granted. Among these are, for example, variables such as the World Cup referees José Roberto Wright, Armando Marques, Arnaldo Coelho Cézar and Romualdo Arppi Filho; the latter two are introduced, among others, the World Cup finals with German participation between 1982 and 1986.
Miscellaneous
Hermann Friese was married to Catharina ( Catrina ) Dolores cherry tree and took the 1930 Brazilian citizenship. They had at least Georg Hermann Friese, born in 1915 and later, as his father, as market traders ( pracista ) working, and Rotraut Hanna Magdalena, born in 1919 as the offspring.