Karl Flink

Karl Flink (born 7 December 1895 in Weilerswist, † November 28, 1958 ) was a German football player and coach.

Life

Karl Flink was an innkeeper 's son and started as a gymnast. After he started at the Municipal Gymnasium in Brühl and the local SV with the football game, he joined in 1910 the Cologne tip KBC Club, where he slowly vorarbeitete from the eighth team to the first team. During the First World War, he played as a guest player in Berlin. There he joined in 1919 training as a football coach from. Karl Flink was called three times in the Berlin- selection, three times in the selection of southern Germany and in the selection of West Germany he came on twenty missions.

Flink denied on July 2, 1922 in front of 35,000 spectators in the 0-0 draw against Hungary his only game for the German national football team. The only 1,57 m wide right midfielder runner came here only for use because some regulars were missing.

Already in the 1920s Flink perceived his first football teaching job when he was coach at Siegburger SV 04. In the 1930s, he ran the inn Kölner Hof in Weilerswist. Twice, from 1934 until the fall of 1935, and from 1937 to 1939, he was responsible for Fortuna Dusseldorf. Flink was after the establishment of the 1st FC Cologne in February 1948 where the first coach before he again went to Fortuna Dusseldorf in July 1948. He oversaw the Fortuna until January 1949 when he was replaced by Theo Breuer. Later he trained, among others, the VfB Bottrop. After his coaching career he ran a Toto -off center at Düsseldorf Central Station.

Karl Flink, who had married after the death of his wife for the second time, died, apparently childless, and not even 63 years old, on 28 November 1958.

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