Karl Scherm

Sherm Karl ( born April 8, 1904 in Nuremberg, † 30 June 1977) was a German football player. He played two matches for the German national football team, scoring one goal.

The striker Karl Sherm began his career at General sports club Nuremberg. Unlike many other excellent Nuremberg football players he never played for the 1st FC Nuremberg. Nevertheless, he was appointed twice to the German national soccer team in the fall of 1926. He made his debut in a friendly against the Netherlands on 31 October 1926 in Amsterdam, which Germany won 3-2. His second and last assignment was with the friendly against Switzerland in Munich on 12 December 1926. During the 2:3 defeat, he scored in the 50th minute the temporary equalizer. In both countries playing Sherm was used as a right winger.

From 1931 to 1934 Sherm, called " the juggler " came to 77 gates as inside left for the former Hessian district division club FSV Mainz 05 1, with whom he won the championship twice Hesse. Although Sherm was never controversial regulars at a rate of an average of more than one goal per game, his obstinacy in Mainz attacking play has been criticized in these years often.

When 8:2 against SV Rot-Weiß Walldorf on August 23, 1931, his second for Mainz, hit the " jugglers " five times. Just as many or more goals in a single league game in the club's history the 05er otherwise only Paul Lipponer sen. successful, while the 8-0 against SV 05 Trier met seven times on January 9, 1927.