Rudolf Noack

Rudolf " Rudi " Noack ( born March 30, 1913 in Harburg, Prussia, † probably June 30, 1947 ) was a German football player.

His home club was the Hamburger SV, for which he was active as a striker. In the team he scored on wit and consummate technique, occasional Eigensinningkeiten and by its distinctive thick, dark hair.

He began his career as a youth player at 09 Herta Harburg and later with turf sports Harburg. In 1931 he moved to SV Harburg and scored in his first game as five gates. In the same year he moved to Hamburger SV.

He worked as his father at the Phoenix rubber plants in Harburg. In the meantime, he went to sea. Meanwhile, he made ​​himself a tattoo on the upper arm. Because of this he was allowed to tattoo his sleeves never been this far up your sleeves, that these were visible. The tattoo was said to be a disadvantage with his nomination for the German national team.

He played at HSV as the left striker, usually assumed the role of playmaker. In the period 1931-1945 he completed for this club (ie without Harburg and Vienna ) 178 league and 15 cup games and scored a total of 233 goals.

With Hans Schwartz from SC Victoria Hamburg Noack was appointed in 1934 in the German national football team, which finished in third place in Italy at the World Cup 1934. In the championship game against Czechoslovakia ( Full 1:3 ) for Germany he scored the goal. Three times he has been used internationally for Germany.

Because of unspecified misconduct locked him the National Socialist Reich League for Physical Exercise ( NSRL ) for one year.

During the Second World War, he played only rarely for Hamburger SV. He won as a guest player - along with his former team mate Richard Hamburger Dörfel - with Vienna the German Cup against the Air Force Sports Club Hamburg 3-2 after extra time. The previous year, he has been with this team German runner-up, and in the Cup victory, he also reached the same club the 4th place in the German Championship.

He died in 1947 in Soviet captivity.