 Morlock in an1. FC Nürnberg commemorative banner | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Maximilian Morlock | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1925-05-11)11 May 1925 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nuremberg,Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 September 1994(1994-09-10) (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Nuremberg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –1940 | Eintracht Nürnberg | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1940–1964 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 472 | (294) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1958 | West Germany | 26 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Maximilian Morlock (German pronunciation:[ˈmɔʁlɔk]; 11 May 1925 – 10 September 1994) was a Germanfootballer active in the 1950s and early 1960s. In his time with theWest Germany national team, he earned 26caps and scored 21 goals. His position was that of aninside right forward.
In his youth he learned to play football at Eintracht Nürnberg. In 1940 he became a member of the then famous1. FC Nürnberg, debuting in the first team on 30 November 1941. Until 1964 he appeared more than 900 times in the first team of the so-calledClub and scored about 700 goals. In 1948 and 1961 he led the team to German championships, in 1962 to theGerman Cup. 38 years old he even appeared 21 times in thefounding season of the GermanBundesliga.[1] He also was top scorer of the Oberliga Süd in 1950–51 and 1951–52.[2]
His first cap for the national team was in 1950, when he played instead of the injuredFritz Walter. He was a member of the West Germany team that won their firstWorld Cup in1954. In the final match againstHungary Morlock scored West Germany's first goal to start the comeback after going 2–0 down. He received his last cap in a friendly game againstEgypt in December 1958.[3]
As a player, Morlock's strengths were a sound technique coupled with fighting spirit. As a linkman he felt at home best between defense and attack, but he was also dangerous in front of the goal.[4]
Morlock died fromcancer on 10 September 1994, aged 69.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Germany | 1950 | 1 | 0 |
| 1951 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1952 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1953 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1954 | 8 | 9 | |
| 1955 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1956 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1958 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 26 | 21 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 September 1951 | Praterstadion,Vienna, Austria |  Austria | – | 2–0 | Friendly | [6] |
| 2 | 17 October 1951 | Dalymount Park,Dublin, Republic of Ireland |  Republic of Ireland | 1–2 | 2–3 | Friendly | [7] |
| 3 | 21 November 1951 | Istanbul, Turkey |  Turkey | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | [8] |
| 4 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 November 1952 | Rosenaustadion,Augsburg, West Germany |  Switzerland | – | 5–1 | Friendly | [9] |
| 6 | 21 December 1952 | Südweststadion,Ludwigshafen, West Germany |  Yugoslavia | – | 3–2 | Friendly | [10] |
| 7 | 11 October 1953 | Neckarstadion,Stuttgart, West Germany |  Saar | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification | [11] |
| 8 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 9 | 22 November 1953 | Volksparkstadion,Hamburg, West Germany |  Norway | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification | [12] |
| 10 | 2–1 | ||||||
| 11 | 28 March 1954 | Ludwigsparkstadion,Saarbrücken, Saar Protectorate | Saar | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1954 FIFA World Cup qualification | [13] |
| 12 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 13 | 25 April 1954 | St. Jakob Stadium,Basel, Switzerland | Switzerland | – | 5–3 | Friendly | [14] |
| 14 | 17 June 1954 | Wankdorf Stadium,Bern, Switzerland | Turkey | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1954 FIFA World Cup | [15] |
| 15 | 23 June 1954 | Letzigrund,Zurich, Switzerland | Turkey | 3–1 | 7–2 | 1954 FIFA World Cup | [16] |
| 16 | 4–1 | ||||||
| 17 | 5–1 | ||||||
| 18 | 30 June 1954 | St. Jakob Stadium, Basel, Switzerland | Austria | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1954 FIFA World Cup | [17] |
| 19 | 4 July 1954 | Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, Switzerland |  Hungary | – | 3–2 | 1954 FIFA World Cup | [18] |
| 20 | 25 September 1955 | JNA Stadium,Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Yugoslavia | 1–3 | 1–3 | Friendly | [19] |
| 21 | 28 December 1958 | Cairo, Egypt |  Egypt | – | 1–2 | Friendly | [20] |
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