Peter Rock (footballer)
Peter Skirt ( born December 16, 1941 in Rudolstadt ) was soccer player in the top flight of East German Football Association league. He played there for the SC motor / FC Carl Zeiss Jena and was with him three times Champion and one Cup Winners' Cup. Skirt is eleven times GDR national team in 1964 and won the bronze medal in the Olympic football tournament.
Football career
Beginnings in Jena
Rock was young football players in the sports community operating unit Rudolstadt and closed at this time a blacksmith 's apprenticeship. In 1960, he was delegated to the professional sports club SC Motor Jena the region. A year later, the club put him in his league team one, in the Rock in the season in 1961, nine of the 39 league games played. Already in the following season 1962/63 he belonged to the tribe of the first team players. It was used in 21 of 26 league games and scored a point 1.72 m great right winger his first seven league goals. At the end of the season the SC motor its first football championship and celebrated rock came to his first title. In this season, Rock has also been included in the squad of the East German youth national team. On October 14, 1962, he denied having used as a center forward, his first junior international match in the match Romania - DDR ( 0:1). Until 1965, he came in a total of nine international matches the Nachwuchself used.
With the season 1963/64, took Jenas coach Georg Buschner rock in the middle back, a year later he played in the defense, and this area was reserved for him during the remainder of his career. On the defensive, however, succeeded in rock 1965/66 to be eight- point game outside the top scorer of his team, which had since changed after spinning off from the motor SC to FC Carl Zeiss Jena. Until 1972, he managed to present themselves in every season as a scorer in the league.
A national team and Olympic team
1967 Rocks began career as an A-National player. After he had come in September and October already two appearances in the B team, he announced on December 6, 1967 his debut in the senior team. In the 1-0 win against Romania in Bucharest it was used over the entire game as a central defender. After that, he had to content themselves with the role of a substitute player, until 1970, he came as a sweeper in six games in a row to use. His international goal was a lot of special importance. On April 16, 1969 shot rock, in the 77th minute substitute in the 90th minute of the 2-1 victory in the World Cup qualifier against Wales and thus nourished the hope for the World Cup finals in 1970. Ultimately, however, missed the GDR qualification. On 2 February 1971 denied his last rock and eleventh 'A' game during a South American tour in Santiago de Chile with a 1-0 victory over Chile.
Between 1964 and 1968 skirt was also a member of the football Olympic team of the GDR. He was part of the squad for the Olympic Football Tournament 1964 in Tokyo, but was not intended as a regular player. He came at first only in the group match against Mexico (2-0 ) are used. After Klaus Urbanczyk in the semi-final match injured (1:2 against Czechoslovakia ), coach Károly Soos rock in the small finals, but with the proviso that he would in case of victory assign his medal at Urbanczyk. The East won 3-1 over Egypt, and rock submitted his bronze medal at Urbanczyk on. Later he received from the GDR NOK a replica of the medal. Also later, rock expressed: "The decision was made to me frankly not easy. I was then 22 years old and logically quite hot on the medal. " In 1967 and 1968, played rock three out of six qualifiers for the Olympic Games in 1968, but the GDR could not qualify.
Successful at FC Carl Zeiss Jena
1967/68 won Skirt with FC Carl Zeiss Jena DDR his second football championship, was involved in the 22- point game inserts and six goals. He also reached the finals for the first time to the DDR Football Cup, but the Jena documents on June 9, 1968, rock in central defense against 1 FC Union Berlin 1-2. 1970 skirt with FC Carl Zeiss was the third time champion, and on 14 May 1972 he also won the Cup. As Libero, he secured a 2-1 win over Dynamo Dresden. In this 1971/72 season skirt had been for the last time as a regular player in action. 1972/73 he played only 13 league games point, in the second half he was only three times in the team. As a 31- year-old he graduated in the first round in 1973/74 three point league games. For the last time he competed in the league on 27 October 1973. In the game FC Carl Zeiss - Chemie Leipzig (5:1), he was once again used as a midfielder.
Within thirteen years, Rock had played 339 appearances for FC Carl Zeiss Jena and scored 49 goals in the process. He played 254 times in the league (37 goals), 34 times the national cup competition (7) and in 51 international cup matches (5). From 1974 to 1989 skirt was crew chief of the Jena league team. 1996 stood out in the club with the Golden Badge of Honour.
Achievements
- East German champion in 1963, 1968, 1970
- East German Cup winner 1972
- Bronze medal Tokyo 1964