Erich Juskowiak
 Juskowiak (right) and Kurt Hamrin in 1958 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 September 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Oberhausen, Germany | ||
| Date of death | 1 July 1983 (aged 56) | ||
| Place of death | Düsseldorf, West Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1943–1946 | FC 08 Oberhausen | ||
| 1946–1950 |
RW Oberhausen | ||
| 1950–1951 | SSV 04 Wuppertal | ||
| 1951–1953 |
RW Oberhausen | ||
| 1953–1962 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| International career | |||
| 1951–1959 | West Germany | 31 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Erich Juskowiak (7 September 1926 – 1 July 1983) was a German
West Germany national team between 1951 and 1959. He played in the World Cup Finals in 1958
where West Germany reached the semi-final.
Career
Juskowiak was born in
West Germany national team coach Sepp Herberger and debuted for West Germany on 23 December 1951, against Luxembourg.[2]
Juskowiak's hopes of making the
Kicker (sports magazine) rated him world class in their biennial Rangliste des deutschen Fußballs (ranking list of German football).[5]
He was mostly known for his very hard shot, which earned him his nickname "Hammer".
The pinnacle of his career came when he was a starter for West Germany in the
outside right Kurt Hamrin. After Juskowiak was fouled by Hamrin, he struck Hamrin down in revenge and was sent off in the 59th minute. He was the first German player to be sent off in a World Cup game.[6]
After several injuries, Juskowiak ended his career in August 1961. His penultimate game for Fortuna Düsseldorf ended on a less laudable note: after a verbal dispute with spectators in the game against VfB Bottrop, he just left the pitch shortly before the end of the game without returning.[1]
He died in Düsseldorf in 1983 from a heart failure while driving his car. A year earlier, in April 1982 he had traveled to Gothenburg to make up with Kurt Hamrin.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Bitter, Jürgen. Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler, Sportverlag, 1997, p. 222.
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ Werner Raupp: Toni Turek – „Fußballgott“. Eine Biographie, Hildesheim: Arete Verlag 2019 (ISBN 978-3-96423-008-9), p. 93-95, 131-132.
- ^ "BigSoccer: Kicker Rangliste des deutschen Fußballs 1955-2008".
- ^ Keppel, Raphael. Deutschlands Fußball-Länderspiele, Sport- und Spielverlag, 1989, p. 251.
External links
- Erich Juskowiak at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Erich Juskowiak at WorldFootball.net
- Erich Juskowiak at National-Football-Teams.com
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