Heinz Kubsch
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 July 1930 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Essen, Germany | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 24 October 1993 | (aged 63)|||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1939– | Sportfreunde Katernberg | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
–1951 | Sportfreunde Katernberg | |||||||||||||
1951–1961 | FK Pirmasens | |||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1954–1956 | West Germany | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Heinz Kubsch (20 July 1930, Essen – 24 October 1993) was a German football goalkeeper.
He was part of the West German team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. In total he earned three caps for West Germany.[1] During his club career he played for FK Pirmasens.[2]
During the
Heinrich Kwiatkowski had conceded eight goals in the game against Hungary, which made Sepp Herberger consider giving Kubsch a chance in the second game against Turkey. However Kubsch got injured between matchdays after a boat trip. Kubsch stumbled badly and injured his shoulder on a concrete staircase, which impeded any chance of Kubsch getting a chance to start.[3]
As a
Oberliga.[4]
He ended his career in April 1961 after having played in 222 Oberliga games.
References
- ^ "Heinz Kubsch" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ "Heinz Kubsch" (in German). weltfussball.de. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ Bitter, Jürgen (1997). Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler (in German). Sportverlag. p. 267.
- ^ "Heinz Kubsch – Sepp Herbergers zweite Wahl" (in German). derwesten.de. 14 June 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2012.