Willi Knesebeck

Willi Knesebeckstraße ( born March 31, 1887 in Berlin, † September 18, 1956 ) was a football player from Viktoria 89 Berlin, in 1908 and 1911, German football champion has been in years.

From 1905 played Willi Knesebeckstraße Viktoria 89 Berlin. From 1907 to 1913 he participated in six finals at the German soccer championship with Viktoria 89. In the four finals against the Freiburger FC (1907 ), against Stuttgarter Kickers (1908), against the Phoenix Karlsruhe ( 1909) and against VfB Leipzig (1911 ), he took on the position of the center rotor, the colors of blue and white. The two-time winning the German soccer championship in 1908 and 1911 presented regarded as the high point of his career dar. 1912 and 1913 he left each only in the semifinals to eventual champion German (Holstein Kiel and VfB Leipzig) from. Overall, he played with the " Mariendorfer Lions" 14 finals matches. He was also representative for Berlin and Brandenburg in use. The center-half is described as athletic and stocky runners, which were said a good deal of sly. It was interesting for the German national football team by the success with his club. He was appointed to two inserts in the Länderelf. On December 17, 1911 in Munich, he debuted in the Länderelf in the 1:4 defeat against Hungary on the side of Fritz conveyor, Julius Hirsch, Paul Hunder and Karl Wegele as a proxy for Max Breunig. Referee of this game was later supervisor of the Austrian miracle team, Hugo Meisl. After the DFB disappointing verlaufenen Olympics in Stockholm in 1912 he came to his second in the national team. On October 6, 1912 in Copenhagen against Denmark, the 24th international match of the DFB, he again played for Germany at the position of the center rotor. The game ended with a 1:3 defeat. Taking the former competitors on the center-half position note, Max Breunig from Karlsruher FV, Josef Glaser from the Freiburger FC and Camillo Ugi from VfB Leipzig, it is a sporty very strong competition in its common position aware and can thus increase the only two-time vocation in the national comprehend.

Later, the physical education teacher worked as a coach at Spandau SV and Hertha BSC and taught from 1921 at the Academy of Physical Education. Knesebeckstraße reported as well as a sports reporter for appearing in Berlin " football weekend " and published in 1925 a book entitled Des football player training book.