Willi Schulz
Willi Schulz ( born October 4, 1938 in Wattenscheid ) is a former German football player.
Club Players
Willi Schulz began his footballing career in July 1950 at the Westphalian amateur club Union Günnigfeld. For the 1960/61 season he moved to FC Schalke 04 in the Oberliga West, then one of the five top divisions in German football. After Schalke Table in the second Bundesliga 1964 /65 and the descent escaped only by the increase in the Bundesliga on 18 clubs, Schulz moved to 135 games for Schalke for Hamburger SV. Had he been playing mostly on the position of the center runner, he developed in Hamburg as Libero, sometimes Vorstopper one of the best German defenders of the late 1960s and early 1970s. A 5th place in the 1970/71 season was his best Bundesliga with Hamburg placement. So lost the DFB Cup final and the final participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1967 remained with 0:4 against Bayern Munich on May 23, 1968 against AC Milan ( 0-2) highlights in Schulz's Hamburger club career. After 211 league games for HSV Willi Schulz ended his active career in 1973. On April 24, 1973, he played with the HSV against a world selection of his farewell game ( 2:5 ). Shortly thereafter, he still won with HSV but the inaugural League Cup and DFB - so the only title of his professional career.
National players
During his time at Union Günnigfeld the then coach Dettmar Cramer DFB became aware of the young talent. After Schulz had come to one mesh inserts in the junior and in the B Team, appointed national coach Sepp Herberger amateur players for the first time at a senior international game; it was the game against Yugoslavia on 20 December 1959 in Hannover (1:1). There he played with the then sizes Quick Inger, Rahn and Seeler on the position of the right outer rotor. With the DFB amateur team ( a total of eight missions ), he also denied the Olympic qualifying games for Rome in 1960 against Finland and Poland; However, the DFB team could not qualify. Until the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile Schulz had already denied seven of 15 games for the national team and was appointed to the World Cup squad. In Chile he took part in all four games of the DFB. Also at the World Championships in England in 1966 and in Mexico in 1970 he was part of the squad and so came to a total of thirteen WRC rounds. The highlight of his international career was the World Cup final on July 30, 1966 in London against England ( 2:4 ). In this tournament, he showed as defense chief a world-class performance that helped him honorary title "World Cup Willie". His 66th and last international match played Schulz on June 17, 1970 at the World Cup semi-final against Italy (3:4). At the 3rd place match he no longer took part, not because he had his boots accidentally forgotten, but in consultation with national coach Helmut Schön. During his international career he led the DFB - Eleven to twenty times as captain. Twice he was appointed to a world selection.
Businessman and official
After his career as a footballer Willi Schulz began as successful a life as a businessman in the insurance industry and machines. Hamburger SV he remained faithful as a club member, and his commitment led him to the Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board.