Reinhard Lauck
Reinhard Lauck ( born September 16, 1946 in Sielow, † October 22, 1997 in Berlin), nicknamed " Maecki ", was a German football player. In his playing career he was, inter alia, for the first FC Union Berlin and the BFC Dynamo, and is also national player of the GDR. With the national team, he participated in the World Cup in 1974 and won at the 1976 Olympic Games gold medal.
Career as a player
National
Lauck's football career began in 1958 when the SG Sielow, of which the army sports club forward Cottbus, he joined two years later, before he joined the SC Cottbus at the age of 17 years in 1963. When he became eligible to play for the men's field, he played with the team in the second-rate DDR -Liga. As of February 1966, he ran under the name BSG Energie Cottbus on, as the football section of the sports clubs had been converted into an operating sports community. May, 1966 Lauck was called up for army service, during this time but could continue playing football at the East German league team ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg. In November 1967 Lauck returned to Cottbus back but changed before the end of the season to the Oberliga side 1 FC Union Berlin.
His debut with the Berliners, he played just in fdgb Cup final against the hot favorites FC Carl Zeiss Jena. Even for his teammates preparing the 22 -year-olds by coach Werner Schwenzfeier was a surprise, such as his teammate Günter Hoge: " No one knew Lauck [ ... ]. And you're not going to keep possible, the coach makes the lineup, and there Maecki Lauck 's in it. " Nevertheless, the "Iron " won surprisingly the trophy - the only major title for the club to this day. Lauck remained until 1973 when Union and became a regular player as well as to the great support of the team. In a total of 145 league and cup games for Union Berlin he scored 23 goals and matured as an East German national team.
After the descent of the Unioner In 1973, for many fans, however, the shock when Lauck moved to local rivals BFC Dynamo. Fans of FC Union should have begged even outside his apartment door to his return. It is still controversial whether and to what extent Lauck was forced to change by officials. For many Union fans change is considered to be enforced, while others are of the opinion that Lauck has moved of their own accord, so as not to jeopardize its status as a national player.
With Dynamo Lauck had great success. So it was in 1979 and 1980 twice GDR Champion. In addition, he was able to achieve 29 goals in 152 league inserts. In 1981, he had to end his career due to knee problems.
Internationally
His first international assignment had Lauck on October 7, 1967 in Stavropol in the international match of the GDR national junior team against the Soviet Union ( 0-1). Overall, he completed five games with the junior national team. After several games with the East German National Selection Lauck made his first appearance in the national football team of the German Democratic Republic on 16 May 1973, when the German Democratic Republic with a 2-1 win against Hungary in Karl- Marx-Stadt. In qualifying for the 1974 World Cup in Germany Lauck scored his only three international goals in six games and had so instrumental in the successful qualification. During the World Cup finals Lauck played three games, including he stood in the legendary 1-0 victory over the West German national team on the field. In its arguably the best game for the national team, he managed his opponent - to control Wolfgang Overath, the game designers of the West Germans and so to stop the offensive play of the FRG.
Two years later, at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Lauck scored his most valuable item. In all five finals matches in the Olympic football tournament, he was placed and won with the selection of the GDR the gold medal. He was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver for this success. A year later Lauck played in Buenos Aires and Argentina ( 0-2) his last international game. Overall, he came in his career on 33 official matches ( five of them in his time as Unioner, the rest as Dynamo players) and scored three goals. In addition, he played seven missions in the Olympic team ( without scoring ).
Of the ten European games of BFC Lauck came in six games for use. The most he came with his team in the European Cup of Champions 1979/80, as the quarter-finals was achieved. In the first leg the English champions Nottingham Forest (1-0 ) Lauck played his last European game since the BFC then home lost with 1:3.
After the End of career
In private life Lauck had less success than on the court. He worked after the time for soccer, among other things in his learned profession as a locksmith, construction workers and drags and increasingly got problems with alcohol. In the new edition of the German - German play of the 1974 World Cup in 1994 in Steinach ( Thuringia) Lauck was not able to play already. In October 1997, he was with alcohol in the blood and severe head injuries found on the street lying. After two weeks in a coma Reinhard Lauck died at the age of only 51 years.
After the death
In the ORB production rise and fall of football stars Reinhard Lauck life of Reinhard Lauck was filmed. Alexander Osang, too, had in the Berliner Zeitung in 1993 a portrait of Lauck written and dedicated to him an obituary.
In honor of Lauck's a plaque was unveiled on September 16, 2006 in his birthplace Sielow in his first Community SG Sielow. Many former colleagues such as former East German coach Georg Buschner, Lauck's coach when the BFC Jürgen Bogs and the GDR national team Lothar Kurbjuweit or Peter Ducke were present as guests of honor.