Max Schäfer (footballer)

Max Schäfer ( born January 17, 1907 in Landshut, † 15 September 1990) was a German football player and coach. As a player of TSV 1860 Munich, he was appointed in 1934 to an international match in the German national soccer team. As a coach, he won the Tschammer Cup with the "Lion " 1942.

Career

As a player, until 1943

The 20- year-old Max Shepherd came to the Round in 1927/28 from the SpVgg Landshut to Munich in 1860. The Lions wore their association in the district league games from Bavaria, southern Bavaria group. On 11 December 1927, the signing from Landshut debuted at the local derby against FC Bayern Munich in the trained Alt -National player Max Breunig League team of the 60s. Agierend On Centre Forward he succeeded with three hits for 5:4 success of lions a dream debut. " In general, the interior trio with Hornauer Shepherd Stiglbauer was occupied perfectly. To this end, a center-half of the qualities Pledls behind it, that was the strength of the 1860 team, " called the Munich Latest news the game-deciding Plus the white - blue. In its second and third - year Lions coach Shepherd learned the work of Richard Dombi know before to round 1930/31 turn Max Breunig took over the management of the training now with Ludwig Lachner reinforced 60 - Eleven. In the meantime, Shepherd was pushed well back into the defense and formed usually with Josef Wendl before the come from Leipzig goalkeeper Alf Riemke the defender pair. Under Breunig developed the 60s a confusing combination game that led to a continuous increase in performance over the course of the season and the team to one of the most popular made ​​in Germany within a few months.

In the district league but we still had to settle for second place behind Bayern. In the Süddeutsche final games of the Second / third party, the " lion " but finally picked their top form and earned with 26:2 points before 1 FC Nuremberg with 20:8 points clearly the first place and thus qualify for a qualifying match for the collection in the final round of the German Cup. In the replay on 13 May, Breunig protégés sat 2-1 in through against Phoenix Ludwigshafen and were next to the Süddeutsche SpVgg Fürth master and the South Vice Eintracht Frankfurt, the third representative of southern Germany in the final round of the German soccer championship. Due to injury, missing Max Shepherd in the first game ( 4-1 ) against the Meidericher game club. In the quarterfinals (1-0 win against Tennis Borussia Berlin), in the semifinals (2-0 victory against Holstein Kiel) and in the final on 14 June 1931 in Cologne against defending champions Hertha BSC was a shepherd but again in defense alongside Josef Wendl in use. Willi Kirsei scored in the 89th minute of the 3-2 winning goal for the team to star striker Hanne Sobek and the 60s had to be content with the praise of the press. The sports journalist Friedebert Becker konstantierte in Berlin BZ am Mittag:

"The true German champions would Munich 1860 Not just because Bayern were better this time against the poor launched Hertha, but because they -. Should be no doubt being raised -. Currently play the ripest, finest and brightest combination football in Germany "

In 1933, Max Schaefer once again enjoyed the tension in the play for the German championship. After successes against VfL Benrath ( 2-0) and the Beuthener SuSV (3-0, two goals from Shepherd ) but he failed with his team-mates Georg Ertl, Josef Wendl, Alois Pledl, Ludwig and Ludwig Stiglbauer Lachner in the semifinals on 28 May 1933 accrued in Leipzig with 0:4 goals against the upcoming success Self FC Schalke 04 in the final round of play was Shepherds each in attack.

After the introduction of Gauligen to round 1933/34, the White - Blue in the Gauliga Bayern could until the end of the playing career of Max Schaefer after the round 1936/37, taking no more prominent role. Personally experienced shepherd but by the nominations in the Gauauswahl Bavaria in the competition of the Federal Cup on 6 January 1935, in particular on January 14, 1934 in Frankfurt during the match against Hungary in the German national football team honors yet. When 3:1 success of the Elf kingdom of coach Otto mink he came on in the 33rd minute for the injured FC Bayern defender Sigmund Haringer. On the right half played his club colleague Lachner and Edmund Conen, Rudolf Noack and Charles Politz debuted three other players in the national team. Shepherd took another course at the World Cup from the 7th to May 19th, 1934 part, but further appeals in the DFB team no longer made ​​. After the 1936/37 season, he finished his playing career and took over for the first time as coach at 1860 Munich. The " football professor ", as they called the doctoral school teacher was, as a man who thought out the football like a business game.

Coach, 1937-1957

In his first Coach of the Year in the White - Blue, 1937/38, it was enough with the lions in the Gauliga Bavaria behind champions 1.FC Nürnberg for runners. But he continued his successful work for his club discontinued, he went after the round to the post - Munich and SV was also active as Gausportlehrer. In Reichsbund Cup of the year 1939/40, he sat down with Bayern in the final on 30 June 1940 in Augsburg with a 3-1 success against Saxony by. As defending champion he lost with his crew on 7 September 1941 in the final of the season 1940/41, in Chemnitz, Saxony revenge against 0-2 gates. Saxony joined with nine players of the Dresdner SC and Lothar Richter of Chemnitz BC and Ernst Willimowski from PSV Chemnitz on it. From the round of 1941/42, Shepherd, however, was again active as a coach in 1860. In the area of ​​class Bavaria, he came out from behind the 1 FC Schweinfurt 05 and SpVgg Fürth to third place. The games at the Tschammerpokal 1942 developed from the final round to the final - played on July 19 to November 15, 1942 - a great success from 1860 Munich and coach Schaefer. After successes against SK Rapid Wien, Stuttgarter Kickers, SG SS Strasbourg, FV City of Dudelange, TuS Lipine Shepherds protégés were in the final on 15 November 1942 at Berlin's Olympic Stadium against the favorites FC Schalke 04 at. The squire - Eleven to Kuzorra Ernst and Fritz Szepan had brought on 5 July with a 2-0 win over Vienna Vienna sixth national title. Goals from Ernst Willimowski Engelbert Schmidhuber the lion conquered surprising against a not for his best place Schalke 's team the trophy. 1860, commonly referred to as a worthy winner, the defense was viewed by Franz bouncer, Alois Pledl and Georg Bayerer a decisive advantage. In the following round 1942/43, the Bavarian Gauliga was split because of the 50 -mile limits in a southern and a northern group. In the south, the shepherd - elf sat in front of the BC Augsburg and FC Bayern in 18 games with gates by 97:15. While the League Round Shepherd had also once worked as a result of the circumstances of war as a player. In the final round of the German Cup VfB Stuttgart 3-0 and was eliminated in the second round Kickers Offenbach 2-0 in the preliminary round. In the quarterfinals, but lost shepherd with his protégés in the Vienna Prater stadium with 0:2 goals against Vienna Vienna and was eliminated from further competition. In Vienna the Hamburg Rudolf Noack scored in the 38th minute to 1-0 ahead before Karl Decker converted a penalty kick in the 60th minute produced the final score.

In southern Germany, the launch was already on November 4, 1945 kicks off in the newly installed South football league and it ended on 14 July 1946. VfB Stuttgart can be the top scorer Robert Schlienz celebrate ( 42 goals ) as the first champion and Munich 1860 is in base-16 field to ninth. The training had initially repeats acting as interim coach already in the thirties ex- goalkeeper Georg Ertl taken, which was supported by Ludwig Goldbrunner as player-coach. In the rest of the season then returned Max Schaefer and again took over the training line. As of April 1946 Adalbert Wetzel took over the management of the department and football coach Schaefer led the Lions in the season 1947/48 behind champions 1.FC Nürnberg for runners. In Munich, it would be almost gekommenm to disaster at a guest performance the Nuremberg on 14 March 1948, when never before counted 58,200 spectators to the officially only 45,000 capacity stadium Grünwalder road in a 2-1 home win of the White - Blue crowded and for a still ensured existing record of the stadium. Sticking Runners series with Fritz Sommer, Georg Bayerer and Franz Hammerl stabilized the team of runners-up and the attack caused Otto Thann on the side of Helmut Fottner, Ludwig Janda, Engelbert Schmid Josef Huber and Lammers primarily necessary for the gates. In the summer of 1948, the Lions were playing for the sixth time in their history for the German championship. In the very first game of the shepherd - elf stood, but on July 18, 1948 in Worms with West champions 1.FC Kaiserslautern a favorite to win the championship trophy over. The Palatines had with Fritz Walter probably the best football player of the day in their ranks and with Ottmar Walter ( 51 goals in the Southwest League ) and Werner Bassler ( 28 goals in the Southwest League ) two prolific strikers in attack. The 60s proved to be almost 70 minutes as a strong opponent, but in the final minutes they suffered a significant defeat 1:5.

To round 1948/49, the DFB led the statute a contract player with the maximum limit of 320 DM per month and each player had also continue to pursue a " civilian employment ". Shepherd came with his team - a point behind the local competition of FC Bayern - to fourth place. Sporty retrogression introduction proved the outlets of the two performers Georg Bayerer and Louis Janda. Center half Bayerer changed in the summer of 1949 to FC Bayern and Janda took it in October of the same year as the first German in the " lira paradise " Italy (Padua). The result of the round 1949/50, was the ninth place with 31:29 points. In the sixth league year, 1950/51, it went up again with the lions. Shepherd with scientific precision learned football led his team with 42:26 points to sixth place in the standings, three points behind the second place, which also had the right to move into the final round of the German Cup. With 97 goals scored in 1860 the most hits in the Südliga, three more than the champions 1.FC Nuremberg. Shepherd pulled it but now to Bayern, he took over the round: 1951/52 FC Bayern Munich.

But with the Reds, he could not accomplish the leap into the top group of the Oberliga Süd in two rounds, it was enough just to be in eighth (1952) and seven ( 1953). Shepherd returned in the summer of 1953 to the lions and took over the relegated to the 2nd League South team. In the second year, in 1954/55, you could celebrate the championship of the Second Division, and thus the league return. Immediately took place in 1956 but the new descent into the second division. Shepherd led by outscoring 103:47 outside its lions as champions of the round 1956/57, directly back to the Oberliga Süd back and finished after his career as a football coach.

Shepherd, who taught later a doctorate in physical education teacher at the Oskar -von-Miller -Gymnasium Munich, was a strict, sometimes relentless motivator. Georg Pledl, who played from 1945 to 1955 under him said about him:

"He knew how to inspire us so that we even believed in friendlies, it related to the World Cup."