Hermann Gösmann
Hermann Gösmann (9 January 1904 – 21 January 1979) was a German lawyer and football administrator, and from 1962 to 1975 he was president of the German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fußball-Bund, DFB).
Hermann Gösmann | |
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 Gösmann at 1974 FIFA World Cup Final in Munich | |
| 6th President of the DFB | |
| In office 28 July 1962 – 25 October 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Peco Bauwens |
| Succeeded by | Hermann Neuberger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 January 1904 Ibbenbüren, German Empire |
| Died | 21 January 1979 (aged 75) Osnabrück, West Germany |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Gösmann participated along with Franz Kremer, then president of 1. FC Köln, and Hermann Neuberger, the eventual successor from Gösmann, in the founding of the Bundesliga. Gösmann was a lawyer by profession. He was elected president during a DFB-Bundestag on July 28, 1962 in the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund. Also during this Bundestag the Bundesliga was founded.[1]
The Bundesliga scandal in the 1970s was during his tenure. Gösmann had offices in international sport. In 1964, he was elected to the UEFA Executive Committee and took over as chair in the UEFA Amateur Commission. Four years later Gösmann was reelected. He died at the age of 75 in Osnabrück due to pulmonary embolism. He was buried in the Heger cemetery in Osnabrück.[2]
References
- Freytag, Johannes (2012-07-27). "Norddeutsche Geburtshilfe für die Bundesliga" (in German). NDR. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
- "Dr. Hermann Gösmann" (in German). Deutscher Fussball-Bund. 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2016-05-02.