Ludwig Lachner

Ludwig Lachner
Personal information
Date of birth (1910-07-27)27 July 1910
Place of birth Munich, Germany
Date of death 19 May 2003(2003-05-19) (aged 92)
Place of death Munich, Germany
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1929 FT Gern
1929–1934 1860 Munich
1934–1949 Eintracht Braunschweig
1949– MTV Braunschweig
International career
1930–1934 Germany 8 (4)
Managerial career
1949– MTV Braunschweig (player-manager)
1954–1955 VfL Wolfsburg
1957 VfL Wolfsburg
1958–1963 VfV Hildesheim
1963–1966 VfL Wolfsburg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ludwig "Pipin" Lachner (27 July 1910 – 19 May 2003) was a German footballer and manager.

Club career

Lachner began his career at the Munich-based worker's football club FT Gern in the Arbeiter-Turn- und Sportbund championship. He switched to 1860 Munich in 1929. In 1934 Lachner left Munich and joined Eintracht Braunschweig, where he played for the next 15 years. After retiring from top-level football in 1949, Lachner continued for a time as player-manager at MTV Braunschweig in the Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen.[1]

During the 1950s and 60s, Lachner also worked as a football manager, including three stints at VfL Wolfsburg.

International career

Lachner was capped eight times for the Germany national team, scoring four goals.[2]

Career statistics

Scores and results table.[3] Germany's goal tally first:

Honours

References

  1. ^ Horst Bläsig/Alex Leppert, Ein Roter Löwe auf der Brust - Die Geschichte von Eintracht Braunschweig (2010) (in German), publisher: Die Werkstatt, page: 380
  2. ^ "Ludwig Lachner". eu-football.info. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Ludwig Lachner" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 30 January 2013.