Hans Jakob (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 June 1908 | ||
Place of birth | Munich, Germany | ||
Date of death | 24 March 1994 | (aged 85)||
Place of death | Regensburg, Germany | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1926–1942 | SSV Jahn Regensburg | ||
1942–1946 | Bayern Munich | ||
1946–1949 | 1. FC Lichtenfels | ||
National team | |||
1930–1939 | Germany | 38 | (0) |
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Honours | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Hans Jakob (16 June 1908 – 24 March 1994) was a German football player. He was born in Munich.
He played over 1000 games as goalkeeper for SSV Jahn Regensburg, and also for FC Bayern Munich from 1942 to 1945.[1] He earned 38 caps for the Germany national football team, and was part of two World Cups teams in 1934 and 1938, but played in only one game, the third-place playoff in 1934. Jakob was a member of the famous "Breslau Elf" that defeated Denmark 8–0 in 1937. In his 38 international games,[2] Jakob kept eleven clean-sheets and while he was in goal, Germany were only defeated eight times.
'Jakl' Jakob was an all-round athlete who managed considerable results in track-and-field, winning the Bavarian hurdles race championships repeatedly, which led a decathlon promoter to almost persuade him to pursue a decathlon career.[3] Jakob became Germany’s number one goal keeper after the 1934 World Cup, replacing Willibald Kress, who had fallen out of favour with Reich coach Otto Nerz after a momentous blunder by Kress in the semi final had arguably cost Germany a place in the final. He died in Regensburg.
In his 1978 book Fussball, Helmut Schön characterised Jakob as follows:
"Thanks to his size and physical impact he was especially adept in catching high crosses and usually prevailed in turmoils inside the goal mouth."
References[]
- ^ http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/hans-jakob/
- ^ http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=9244
- ^ Bitter, Jürgen (1997). Deutschlands Fussball Nationalspieler, p. 216
- 1908 births
- 1994 deaths
- Footballers from Munich
- German footballers
- Germany international footballers
- 1934 FIFA World Cup players
- 1938 FIFA World Cup players
- Olympic footballers of Germany
- Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Association football goalkeepers
- SSV Jahn Regensburg players
- FC Bayern Munich footballers
- German football goalkeeper stubs