Hermann Neuberger | |
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.jpg) Neuberger in 1990 | |
| 7th President of theDFB | |
| In office 25 October 1975 (1975-10-25) – 27 September 1992 (1992-9-27) | |
| Preceded by | Hermann Gösmann |
| Succeeded by | Egidius Braun |
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| Born | (1919-12-12)12 December 1919 Völklingen-Fenne,Rhine Province,Weimar Republic |
| Died | 27 September 1992(1992-09-27) (aged 72) Homburg,Saarland,Germany |
Hermann Neuberger (12 December 1919 – 27 September 1992) was the seventh president of theGerman Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund, DFB) from 1975 until his death in office in 1992.
Neuberger, son of two teachers, grew up in theSaarbrücken Malstatt workers district[1] and attended the Sasbach boarding school until graduating with Abitur in 1938. He was then drafted to theWehrmacht and was operational in Africa and Italy during the Second World War, where he was later Captain for the Generals in Rome. After returning from British captivity in November 1945, he worked from 1946 as an editor at the Saarbrücken Sport-echo and from 1951 onwards in the advertising department of theKarlsberg brewery in Homburg. In 1955 he took over the management of Saarland-Sporttoto GmbH, where he was director from 1961 to 1984. From 1976 to 1984 he also managed its subsidiary, Saarland Spielbank GmbH.[2]
He was elected President of the DFB at the DFB Bundestag on 25 October 1975 inHamburg. Before his election to the DFB, Neuberger was already active as a sports functionary. During the time ofindependent Saarland, he was president of theSaarland Football Association. Later he played a role in the founding of theBundesliga. He was the chief organizer of the1974 FIFA World Cup in theFederal Republic of Germany. In 1974, he was elected vice president of theFIFA World Cup, and later became the organizer of the World Championships from1978 to1990. He held the position of FIFA vice-president and the DFB president until his death.
During his term of office, championships won include theEuropean Championship in 1980, the world championships in1982 and1986, and theWorld Championship title 1990 in Italy. Thenational team managers during his term wereHelmut Schön (1964-1978),Jupp Derwall (1978-1984),Franz Beckenbauer (1984-1990) andBerti Vogts (1990-1998).
Hermann Neuberger died on 27 September 1992, at the University Hospital in Homburg, following a battle with cancer.[3] The headquarters of the DFB inFrankfurt - the Hermann-Neuberger-Haus - as well as the Hermann-Neuberger-Sportschule in Saarbrücken are named after him today. His birthplace, Völklingen, has named a sports hall, a stadium and a high school after him and placed a monument in his honor.
Since 2005, the Landessportverband for the Saarland has been awarding the Hermann-Neuberger-Award to clubs that have made a special contribution to the search and development of new talent, and the development of high performance sports in Saarland:
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