Hermann Nuber

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Hermann Nuber

Bust of Nuber
Personal information
Date of birth	(1935-10-10)10 October 1935
Place of birth	Offenbach, Hesse, Germany
Date of death	12 December 2022(2022-12-12) (aged 87)
Place of death	Offenbach, Hesse, Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	libero
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1971	Kickers Offenbach	408	(164)
International career
	Germany youth
Managerial career
1984	Kickers Offenbach
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hermann Nuber (10 October 1935 – 12 December 2022) was a German

Nuber joined Kickers Offenbach as a youth in 1946.^[2] In 1953, at the age of 17, he made his senior debut in a DFB-Pokal match against Wormatia Worms.^[2] A regular starter from 1955 onwards, he helped the club reach the final of the 1959 German football championship against Eintracht Frankfurt.^[2] When the Bundesliga was founded in 1963, Kickers Offenbach started in the Regionalliga, Germany's second tier at the time.^[2] In 1968 Kickers Offenbach gained promotion to the Bundesliga while Nuber was placed second behind Franz Beckenbauer in Germany's footballer of the year awards.^[2][3] Nuber retired from playing in 1969, after Kickers Offenbach's relegation from the Bundesliga, missing the club's win of the 1970–71 DFB-Pokal.^[2] He briefly returned to play in the Bundesliga for coach Rudi Gutendorf in 1971.^[2] He made 408 league appearances scoring 164 goals between 1953 and 1971.^[2]

International career

Nuber played for Germany at youth level.^[2] He was part of the West Germany national team's 22-man squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, being one of four players remaining in Germany waiting to be called up.^[2]

Style of play

Nuber played as an

Nuber was twice interim coach at Kickers Offenbach, one of those occasions coming in 1983–84, the club's last season in the Bundesliga.^[2] He spent 15 years as amateur and youth coach, discovering and fostering a number of well-known footballers.^[2]

Legacy

A bronze bust honouring Nuber was installed at

Nuber died on 12 December 2022 in his hometown Offenbach, at the age of 87.^[2]

Honours

Kickers Offenbach

• German football championship: runner-up 1959^[2][3]

• Footballer of the Year (Germany): second-place 1968^[2][3]

References

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