Klaus Franke
Klaus Franke (* May 23, 1948 in Essen ) is a former German football player. He played from 1974 to 1978 in the defense of VfL Bochum in the Bundesliga 104 games and scored a goal. Previously, he played with ETB Schwarz-Weiß Essen.
Career
To round 1969/70 changed the business employees Klaus Franke from the amateur football Steele 03 to Schwarz-Weiß Essen in the Football Regionalliga West. His first game in the regional Franke graduated with ETB coach Horst Witzler on the 16th match day, December 14, 1969 at the home game against Wattenscheid 09 When he made 2-2 draw in front of goalkeeper Manfred Müller Karl -Heinz Ressemann the defender pair. Overall, he graduated from the Elf from Uhlenkrug Stadium from 1969 to 1974 in the Regional 135 games and scored five goals. To round 1974/75 was committed by coach Heinz higher for the Bundesliga club VfL Bochum. With the further VfL new additions Paul Wood, Gisbert Horsthemke, Hans -Joachim Pochstein and Joseph Kaczor was trying to compensate for the loss of top scorer Hans Walitza.
Franke immediately became a regular player, he completed 1974/75 all round 34 games for the VfL and came with his club to 11th place. Together with Werner Scholz goalkeeper and outfield players Michael Eggert, Hartmut Fromm, Michael Lameck, Franz -Josef Tenhagen and Dieter verses he made in his debut season in the Bundesliga VfL defense. He also belonged to the VfL team that could beat Bayern Munich in front of 34,000 spectators with a 3-0 home win on Friday, 29 November 1974. It developed in the course of the round and the last man was henceforth in moving up the team the signal during pre- printe the defender when played on offside. Also, due to his ball skill he is traded to the present (2005) as the best days VfL players in that position.
The entire first round 1975/76 had to fight Franke with myocarditis and could only intervene on 7 February 1976 the 20th match day, the away match against Fortuna Dusseldorf on the grass in the action again. Also by the circumstances of the conversion of the old venue at the Castroper road to new Ruhr Stadium made VfL create. The last six home games was the higher - Eleven at the stadium on Strünkede Castle in Herne and managed well on the final day with a 4-2 victory against Karlsruher SC final relegation. Franke had been involved in 14 games to do so. As on September 18, 1976, the VfL after a 4-0 lead still lost the home game with 5:6 goals against Bayern Munich, also contributed to the injury-related substitution of Klaus Franke in the 12th minute to the fact that the defense of the home team on a permanent basis pressure from the Bayern stars could not stand up.
After Klaus Franke already in the 1978/79 season through illness and injury could deny no longer a point for VfL game, he ended his active career in 1980.