Hermann Neuberger

Hermann Neuberger ( born December 12, 1919 in Völklingen - fen, † September 27, 1992 in Homburg ) from 1975 to 1992, the seventh president of the German Football Association DFB.

Career

A trained journalist from the Saarland was elected to the DFB Bundestag on 25 October 1975 in Hamburg, president of the largest German Sports Association. But even before his time as DFB president, he worked as a sports official: he was at the time of the independent Saarland President of the Saarland Football Association and one of the fathers of the Bundesliga. His greatest honor he deserved, however, as the chief organizer of the soccer World Cup 1974 in the Federal Republic of Germany. This made ​​Hermann the German his job so well that he was elected in 1974 as Vice - President of the World football governing body FIFA and was later used as organizational head of the World Championships from 1978 to 1990. The Office of the FIFA vice- president of the DFB and he held until his death.

During his tenure, winning the 1980 European, Vice World Championships in 1982 and 1986 and the world title in 1990 in Italy fell. During his tenure sparked Jupp 1978, outfitted as national coach Helmut Schön from. After six years in turn was followed by team boss Franz Beckenbauer, who was replaced in 1990 by Berti Vogts as national coach.

Kritisiert wurde Neuberger, als er 1978 den Besuch des ehemaligen Fliegeroffiziers und rechtsextremen Propagandisten Hans-Ulrich Rudel im Trainingsquartier der deutschen Nationalmannschaft in Ascochinga während der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft in Argentinien mit den Worten verteidigte, eine Kritik an Rudels Erscheinen käme „einer Beleidigung aller deutschen Soldaten gleich“. Unterstützung kam dagegen von Seiten der rechtsextremen Presse wie der Deutschen Nationalzeitung. Die Spieler des Finalteilnehmers und Vize-Weltmeisters Niederlande wurden von Neuberger gerügt, da sie dem argentinischen Diktator Videla und den Mitgliedern der Militärjunta den Handschlag verweigerten. Dieses Verhalten hatte Neuberger bereits zuvor für den Fall der Finalteilnahme den deutschen Spielern untersagt.

Hermann Neuberger died on September 27, 1992 in University Hospital, Homburg from the effects of cancer. The headquarters of the DFB in Frankfurt am Main - the Hermann- Neuberger - house - as well as the Hermann- Neuberger - sports school in Saarbrücken are now named after him. His birthplace Völklingen has named its sports hall, their stadium and a junior high school after him and set him a monument.

Hermann- Neuberger - Price

The National Sports Federation for the Saarland awards every year since 2005 the Hermann- Neuberger Prize awarded to clubs who have rendered outstanding services to talent search, talent development and performance sports development in Saarland:

  • 2012 - SV 64 Two Bridges ( handball)
  • 2011 - Saarländischer Gymnastics Federation ( STB)
  • 2009 - Saarland Triathlon Union
Hans-Georg Moldenhauer Homburg, Saarland Saar (protectorate) Germany national football team manager Jorge Rafael Videla Neue Deutsche Biographie Ferdinand Hueppe Felix Linnemann Peco Bauwens Egidius Braun Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder Theo Zwanziger Wolfgang Niersbach Integrated Authority File
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