Max Morlock
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| Max Morlock | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Maximilian Morlock | |
| Date of birth | 11 May 1925 | |
| Place of birth | Nuremberg, Germany | |
| Date of death | 10 September 1994 (aged 69) | |
| Place of death | Nuremberg, Germany | |
| Playing position | Forward | |
| Youth career | ||
| –1940 | Eintracht Nürnberg | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1940–1964 | 1. FC Nuremberg → Oberliga Süd → Bundesliga |
472 (294) 451 (286) 21 (8) |
| National team | ||
| 1950–1958 | West Germany | 26 (21) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Maximilian ("Maxl" or "Max") Morlock (born May 11, 1925 in Nuremberg — died September 10, 1994 in Nuremberg) was one of the most popular German football players in the 1950s and early 1960s. In his time with the German and West German national team, he earned 26 caps and scored 21 goals.
In his youth he learned to play soccer at the Eintracht Nürnberg. In 1940 he became member of the then famous 1. FC Nuremberg. Until 1964 he appeared more than 900 Times in the first team of the so called Club and scored about 700 goals. In 1948 and 1961 he led the team to German championships, in 1962 to the German Cup. 38 years old he even appeared 21 times in the founding season of the German Bundesliga. He also was top score of the Oberliga Süd in 1950-51 and 1951-52.[1]
His first cap for the national team was in 1950. He was member of the West German team that won their first World Cup in 1954. In the final match against Hungary 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 against Egypt in December 1958.
Max Morlock died from cancer in 1994, aged 69.
[edit] Honours
- In 1961 he was elected German Footballer of the Year by the Association of German Sports Journalists.
- In 1995, less than a year after his death, the square in front of the Frankenstadion, home of the 1. FC Nuremberg, was renamed Max-Morlock-Platz in his honour. The stadium's postal address is Max-Morlock-Platz 1.
- In 2006, a majoity of fans voted in favour of renaming the Frankenstadion itself into "Max-Morlock-Stadion", but the city of Nürnberg instead won a sponsorship deal with a local bank, which included renaming the stadium EasyCredit-Stadion after one of that bank's financial products.
[edit] References
- ^ 50 Jahre Bayerischer Fussball-Verband, publisher: Vindelica Verlag, year: 1996, page: 189, accessed: 15 October 2008
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