Matthias Billen

Matthias " Matt " Billen ( born March 29, 1910 in Hamborn; † July 1, 1989 ) was a German national football team.

The first international matches played Billen for the West German selection. In a practice match against the national team ahead of the World Cup 1934, he made ​​the national team coach Otto Mink attracted attention and was nominated for the extended squad. However, he could not play in the final squad is. 1936 moved to VfL Osnabrück Billen. Here he was one of the props, the 96 made ​​the club into a serious rival of Hanover in the Gauliga. On September 27, 1936 Billen did bring me to his international match. At the same time two matches of the German selection took place and Billen ran in Krefeld against Luxembourg on. At 7-2 success but the inside forward did not succeed in scoring. Billen was the first player to play for VfL Osnabrück. For the national Billen no longer played, but its has nominated regularly for games of Lower Saxony selection. 1939 and 1940 he won the Osnabrückern the Lower Saxony district championship and took part in each of the games for the German championship.

Until 1948, Billen played for VfL Osnabrück, he ended by a broken leg his career. In 1952, he completed his training as a football coach. Billen was then years unterklassiger coach teams in the Osnabrück area.