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Jürgen Werner (footballer, born 1935)

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Full name
  
Jurgen Werner

Place of death
  
Name
  
Jurgen Werner

Playing position
  
Defender

Place of birth
  
Hamburg, Germany

Years
  
Team

Role
  
Football player

Jurgen Werner (footballer born 1935)
Date of birth
  
(1935-08-15)August 15, 1935

Date of death
  
May 28, 2002(2002-05-28) (aged 66)

Died
  
May 28, 2002, Hamburg, Germany

Jürgen Werner (August 15, 1935 – May 28, 2002) was a German football player, journalist and official.

Jürgen Werner (footballer, born 1935)

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.

Jürgen Werner died of cancer on May 28, 2002. In honour of Jürgen Werner, the academy of Hamburger SV got named Jürgen Werner Schule.

References

Jürgen Werner (footballer, born 1935) Wikipedia


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