Paul Kugler

Paul Kugler (* September 24, 1889 in Berlin, † February 2, 1962 ) was a German football player.

The Berlin began his football career in 1905 at the Berlin SC and moved in 1910 to Viktoria 89 Berlin. The Long, as he was called by his friends if his height of 1.86 m, was a versatile footballer who was most often used in the storm on the inside left position, but also as a center half and goalkeeper got used. On June 4, 1911 Kugler was with Viktoria German football champions after a final win against VfB Leipzig - to a 3-1 victory contributed Kugler even the 2-0 at. In the same year he became also an international player and denied ( used as a striker ) in Hamburg his first international match for the DFB against Sweden that was lost with 1:3. The same result also ended 1913 Kugler's second use for the German national team against Switzerland in Fribourg, when he was employed as a center half. More matches should not follow. After the end of World War 1 Paul Kugler how rare the United Breslauer sports friends with whom he was 1920-1927 five East German football champion and runner-up once. During the same period he also participated in five finals of the German Championship, where the 1920 Breslauer Sportfreunde were advancing to the semifinals. As an association Auswahlspieler Kugler stripped 28 times over the Berlin and 22 times the Silesian jersey. After each data Kugler returned to wind down his career again back to Berlin SC.