Winfried Herz
Winfried Heart ( born May 11, 1929) is a former German football player, who from 1949 to 1961 disputed 216 games with 84 goals in the GDR Oberliga or Oberliga Nord.
Career
SG Erfurt-West/Fortuna/KWU/Turbine Erfurt until 12/1951
The talent of tech savvy Thuringian striker Winfried heart led him even as a 20 -year-olds with Fortuna Erfurt Thuringia on winning the national championship in the final round against SG Altenberg - North and forward Gotha. In the Ostzonenmeisterschaft 1948/49, has been reached the final after wins against SG Wismar South and in the semifinal against SG Meerane. Counter Meerane scored the nerves strong talent in the 101st game -minute penalty the winning goal to 4:3 draw. On 26 June 1949, the final in Dresden took place in front of 50,000 spectators against zsg Union Hall. Against the Halle Karl Gola, Otto Knefler, Herbert Otto Rapp Silver and foreman at greatly 1:4 defeat had the "flower city dwellers " no serious chance to win. In the first year of the zone League (DS- League ) 1949/50, heart came in 16 games with eight goals in the team to KWU Erfurt renamed is used and occupied with his club to fourth place. In the GDR Cup ( fdgb Cup ) he stood on 3 September 1950 in Berlin against EHW Thale in the final. But even here there was a significant defeat 0:4 goals. In the round of 1950/51 Winfried heart convinced in 27 games with 18 goals and was an asset in achieving the first place in the table. Since Erfurt had but finished equal on points with Chemie Leipzig each with 50:18 points the round, there was a playoff for the championship. But was preceded in April 1951 a contended lock the two Erfurt achievers Helmut Nordhaus and Wolfgang Nitsche by the " football division of the DS of the GDR". Hence, they have in the last two round games against turbine hall and engine Zwickau, as well as in the final on 20 May 1951 in Chemnitz against Chemie Leipzig not take part. The association barrier against Nitsche and Nordhaus was imposed after incidents at unofficial representative matches between the GDR and Poland. Leipzig won 2-0 in front of 60,000 spectators outside the decider. In the season 1951/52, Winfried heart completed until December 1951 for Turbine Erfurt 16 games with eight goals before he defected before the turn of the year together with Werner Oberlander and Heinz Wozniakowski in the FRG. From March 25 1950 - DDR in a selection that was managed by Helmut Schön - until June 16, 1951 denied heart multiple choice games for Thuringia and the then unofficial DDR team.
Eintracht Braunschweig, 1952-1961
The Braunschweig put their new entries immediately on 6 January 1952 in an away game at Gottingen 05 in the league. Despite the inner trio " heart, Oberlander, Wozniakowski " went the game with 1:4 gates lost. The worst was the players and concord but before: Because of missing match approval, the players were locked until the end of the season. After the season, the club was declared a compulsory relegated because of suspicion of manipulation; so that the former East German players had nothing to do but contract players they could be until a year later. In the season 1952/53, East Lower Saxony succeeded with coach Edmund Conen in the amateur league immediately winning the title and in the promotion round against ASV Bergedorf 85, VfL Wolfsburg and the VfR Neumünster return to the Oberliga Nord. On June 13, 1953 heart was appointed along with his teammates Wozniakowski the international match in Wuppertal against France in the German national football team of amateurs. With the inner Stormheart, Hans Zeitler and Wozniakowski the DFB managed a 1-0 success. The best placement in the Oberliga Nord succeeded the " captain " Heart in the season in 1957/58, as a coach Kurt Baluses led "Lions" for runners and thus also in the final round of the German soccer championship. In the account of the Football World Cup 1958 in Sweden only just been played finals (only three group matches in late April / early May) Braunschweig came only in the final game in Oberhausen against Tennis Borussia Berlin a success; fell 8-3 gates then also clear. Towards the later German champions FC Schalke 04 and the Südmeister Karlsruher SC there were two losses despite the prolific striker Ernst- Otto Meyer and Werner Thamm.
From the season 1959/60 of working as a banker heart of concord was only sporadically used. In twelve missions he accompanied until 1961, the thronging talents Joachim Bäse, Jürgen Moll and Walter Schmidt and then ended after 157 league games with 49 goals for Eintracht Braunschweig his playing career, also because Eintracht reduced the Player Squad for financial reasons.