Hermann "Stift" Höfer (19 July 1934 – 22 October 1996) was a German football player who played his entire career for Eintracht Frankfurt.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hermann Höfer | ||
| Date of birth | 19 July 1934 | ||
| Date of death | 22 October 1996 (aged 62) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1949–1953 | Eintracht Frankfurt | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1953–1967 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 311 | (19) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Höfer joined the Frankfurt side as a 15-year-old and debuted in 1953. Until 1966, the defender gathered over 300 appearances. Wearing the Eintracht jersey he won the German championship in 1959. He also played at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2]
From 1963 until 1966 he played 68 times in the new founded Bundesliga. In the 1981–82 season, he was vice president of the Eagles.
Honours
edit- German championship: 1958–59
- European Cup: runners-up 1959–60
- Oberliga Süd: 1958–59; runners-up 1953–54, 1960–61, 1961–62
- DFB-Pokal: runners-up 1963–64
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1966–67
References
edit- ^ "Höfer, Hermann". Kicker (in German). Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "Hermann Höfer". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
External links
edit- Hermann Höfer at eintracht-archiv.de (in German)
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