Walter Krause (footballer born 1896)

Walter Krause, called " Wakra " ( born March 14, 1896 in Hamburg, † April 28, 1948 ibid ) was a German football player, on the outer and middle position of the mover.

Club career

Walter Krause, born in Hamburg, his club career began at the football club SC Victoria Hamburg, from which he moved to the largest former competitors Holstein Kiel in 1921. He won the "War Cup " 1917/18 in Northern Germany, which was played with the district representative teams, with Hamburg / Altona against Wilhelmshaven and 1918/19, with the gaming community Victoria/88 Hamburg on June 1, 1919 in Bremen against the local Bremer SC. In the years 1922 and 1923 it was enough to Holstein Kiel behind each Hamburger SV to the runner-up in northern Germany. Krause shone as a technician and was an excellent combination of players. He ran for two years at the Kiel club and returned back to Victoria in 1923. After the end of his career he remained in Hamburg, where he died in 1948.

Crown Prince Cup, German Cup, fighting game Cup

The first use in the North German selection in competition at the Crown Prince Cup, had the hamburger on March 29, 1918 at the gained 3-0 semi-final match against West Germany on the center-half position. The finale on May 19 in Berlin Brandenburg won 3-1 after extra gates. As played " Wakra " left outer rotor, the center-half position held his teammate Ernst Eikhof. In the round of 1918/19, Northern Germany participated successfully in the semi-final rematch at Brandenburg and clearly won 5-1 goals in Hamburg. On June 8, 1919 in Berlin followed the triumph in the final against South Germany 5-4 gates. Krause played left runners and in the storm, Franz Esser, Otto Harder and Adolf translated by hunters successfully. The experience of the German Cup final in 1922 before a home crowd in Hamburg on March 5th against Southern Germany will not keep Krause in such good memories. The completed under the direction of referee Peco Bauwens playoff won the Fürth / Nürnberg combination for Southern Germany very clearly with 0:7 goals. The doors parted Andreas Franz ( SpVgg Fürth ) with four and Heinrich inertia (1st FC Nuremberg) with three hits. Overall, Walter Krause ran 31 times for Northern Germany, of which he denied in the years 1918-1923 in the countries compare 13 Cup games.

National

Krause played the first time on October 24, 1920 in a 1-0 victory in the Berlin Grunewald stadium against Hungary for the German national team. After his move to Kiel, he was still considered five more times for the national team. When he had his second outing on September 18, 1921 in Helsingfors in the 3-3 draw against Finland, Sepp Herberger celebrated his debut and the Nuremberg Hans calf ran as a center forward (!) On. The last time Krause came off the bench on June 16, 1924 in the 2-0 victory against Norway in Oslo for Hans Sutor in the 68th minute. For the first time a substitute had been nominated for the national team officially. Krause was set up in all six internationals as an external rotor.