Willy Tröger

Willy Tröger ( born October 2, 1928 in Zwickau, † 30 March 2004 in Pirna ) was a German football player. He graduated 1954-1959 15 games in the GDR selection.

The center forward who, in the meantime renamed for the BSG bismuth Aue in SC bismuth Karl- Marx-Stadt in the GDR Oberliga 105 goals in 224 games ( still record in Aue ) shot and in the season 1954/1955 top scorer (22 goals) was, in the 1950s was one of the most popular East German football player.

Tröger, who began his career as a goalkeeper, had to after the Second World War, its position in the goal clear, because the then 16 -year-old had his right hand torn off at the front a grenade. In Zwickau- top mockery village spotted him the former player-coach Walter Fritzsch and took him to bismuth Cainsdorf. With 22 years Tröger joined together with Fritzsch of Cainsdorf to Aue, which had just gained in the league. With bismuth he lifted the trophy and three league titles in Lößnitztal and played a major role in it. Tröger was one of the best German strikers of all time. He was the star striker in the club and the national team. He belonged to the GDR - choice players in the first hour, scoring the first international victory of the GDR Eleven 1955 in Bucharest against Romania ( 3-2 ) two hits.

Overall, the native Zwickau 1954-1959 came to 15 selection inserts (11 goals). He also played 14 European Cup games. On October 6, 1956, he stood before a crowd of 100,000 at the Leipzig Central Stadium at the legendary comparison between the bismuth SC Karl -Marx-Stadt and 1.FC Kaiserslautern ( 3:5 ) on the field.

Will died on 30 March 2004 in Pirna, Saxony - Copitz at the age of 75 years. He had been suffering from stomach cancer and operated on twice. The Erzgebirge folk-rock singer and songwriter Stefan Gerlach put the Idol with the song " Tröger - Will" a musical monument. In honor of Willy Trögers the stadium of VfL Pirna- Copitz was in " Willy Tröger Stadium " renamed (formerly Saxony Stadium ).