German footballer, journalist, and official
Jürgen Werner|
| Full name |
Jürgen Werner |
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| Date of birth |
(1935-08-15)15 August 1935 |
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| Place of birth |
Hamburg, Germany |
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| Date of death |
28 May 2002(2002-05-28) (aged 66) |
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| Place of death |
Hamburg, Germany |
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| Position(s) |
full back |
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Hamburger SV |
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| Years |
Team |
Apps |
(Gls) |
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| 1955–1963 |
Hamburger SV |
169 |
(14) |
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| 1961–1963 |
Germany |
4 |
(2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Jürgen Werner (15 August 1935 – 28 May 2002) was a German football player, journalist and official.
Werner, a midfield player, came from the youth of Hamburger SV right into the first team, in a similar path to Uwe Seeler did, and, for his eight years of first-team experience between 1955 and 1963, has the 1960 German Championship title to prove his credentials. He refused to sign a professional contract in 1963, and was to become a teacher, retiring from the game of football. He also played a part-time role as journalist for weekly newspaper Die Zeit, and later became the Chairman of the Technical Committee of the German Football Association, a role he took up in 1986. In the second half of the 1990s, he was a member of HSV's supervisory board.
Werner played four games for the German team, between 1961 and 1963, and was picked for the 1962 FIFA World Cup, however, due to a training injury, did not pick up a World Cup appearance.
He was a technically sound half back and intelligent player, who later became headmaster for lawyer education in Hamburg.[1]
Jürgen Werner died of cancer on 28 May 2002. In honour of Jürgen Werner, the academy of Hamburger SV got named Jürgen Werner Schule.
References
- ^ Bitter, Jürgen. Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler, Sportverlag, 1997, p. 537.
