Karl Adam (footballer)

Karl Adam ( born February 4, 1924 in Koblenz, † July 9, 1999 ) was a German football player and three-time national player to switch between 1951 and 1952.

Career

Adam began his career as a center half in the domestic Koblenz SC 07 Moselweiß until he moved within Koblenz TuS Neuendorf at the age of 16 years. In 1944, the qualified postal officials attended as a guest player at Dresdner SC some games and was going teammate of future national coach Helmut Schoen.

After the end of World War II the heavyweight Adam returned to Koblenz and was, surprisingly used as a goalkeeper in 1947 due to the failure of Josef Unkelbach, who was on business in a changing service in the Federal Railways. In the following years, he was instrumental in the flight of the association in the former group North of Oberliga West. The team that played in the Adam, among others, Rudi Good village, received national recognition as Gauchel Elf, named after the striker Josef Gauchel.

Kaiserslautern

The 1st FC Kaiserslautern who built a promising team to players such as Fritz Walter Ottmar Walter, Werner Kohlmeyer, Werner Liebrich and Horst Eckel, attention was drawn to Adam and signed him in 1949., Where he was able to displace the previous goalkeeper Willi Hölz, but was in turn replaced in the closing stages of the season 1950/51 after a few errors by the short term from 1 FSV Mainz 05 committed Dieter Schaack. Then left Adam annoyed the club in the direction of Koblenz.

After the club's management of the 1st FC Kaiserslautern noted only after its first final use that Schaack was not eligible to play ( the rules stipulated that a player must have been used in at least two games of the season before, but Schaack was only an insert show ), took trainer Richard Schneider talks with the migrated back to Adam and convinced him of a return to the Palatinate.

With Adam in goal Kaiserslautern reached then the final of the German Cup, in which one of the Westphalian Preußen Münster faced in Berlin. In the 2-1 win Adam not only convinced his former critics but also national coach Sepp Herberger, who called him immediately to the squad of the national team for the match against Austria in Vienna. Once there still Toni Turek stood in the gate, debuted Adam, who was playing for TuS Neuendorf in the season 1951/52, on November 21, 1951 during the subsequent 2-0 win against Turkey in Istanbul. In his next two, and last, internationals, he remained both 3-0 in Luxembourg and 3-0 against Ireland in Cologne without conceding a goal. In the following years, Turek sat permanently by the goalkeeper. In addition, Adam was able to fend off increasingly less against the new competition from the Dortmund Heinrich Kwiatkowski, the Essen Fritz Herkenrath and the Pirmasenser Heinz Kubsch.

Later years

Adam moved in 1953 to Bayern Munich and completed two rounds before moving to the descent of Bavaria returned again in 1955 for TuS Neuendorf to take part after a second place in the league West again in the finals of the German Cup. After a warm-up match against VfB Stuttgart lost with a 0:8, Adam was reinforced in the focus of criticism and was eventually replaced for the match against Hannover 96 coach Helmut Bolz by the young Karl Edgar Hopfenmüller. Hanover won the match after a 3-3 draw in the first game with a 3-2 win and Adam ended a short time later due to knee problems his active career as a footballer.

Others

  • Werner Adam, son of Karl Adam, was also active in football goalkeeper and TuS Neuendorf in the 70s.
  • The Karl Adam Square in Koblenz is a named after Adam sports field on the upper value of the Football Association of the Rhineland and is mostly used for training purposes in courses.
  • Soccer goalkeeper ( Germany )
  • Person ( Koblenz )
  • Athletes (Munich )
  • Born in 1924
  • Died in 1999
  • Man
  • German
  • German master ( football)
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