Herbert Widmayer

Herbert Widmayer

Personal information
Full name	Herbert Widmayer
Date of birth	(1913-11-17)17 November 1913
Place of birth	Kiel, German Empire
Date of death
Place of death	Frechen, Germany
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Holstein Kiel
	TSV 1860 Munich
	Eintracht Braunschweig
Managerial career
1948–1950	VfL Osnabrück
1955–1956	SV Sodingen
1956–1960	VfL Bochum
1960–1963	1. FC Nuremberg
1964–1966	KSV Hessen Kassel
1968	Karlsruher SC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Herbert Widmayer (17 November 1913 – 31 July 1998) was a German football player and manager. He is the first ever coach to be prematurely terminated in Bundesliga history. He was the younger brother of Werner Widmayer

Widmayer played Holstein Kiel, TSV 1860 Munich and Eintracht Braunschweig. After World War II he commenced a coaching career.

In 1960 he joined 1. FC Nürnberg, the most titled German club then, succeeding the Austrian player legend Franz Binder. He led Nürnberg, in Germany nicknamed "the Club", to the South German Championship in the same year. In the final of the tournament for the national title Nürnberg defeated Borussia Dortmund in front of 82,000 spectators in Hanover's Niedersachsenstadion with 3-0. In the following year the Club once more won the South German Championship, and once more reached the national final, this time in Berlin's Olympic Stadium ,and losing there 0-4 vs 1. FC Köln.

Honours

• German Championship 1961
• German Cup 1962

External links

• Herbert Widmayer profile at Fussballdaten