Georg Stollenwerk (19 December 1930 – 30 April 2014) was a German footballer and trainer. His career started with SD Düren 99. From 1953 to 1966 he played for 1. FC Köln as defender and midfielder. The member of the German 1958 FIFA World Cup squad won 23 caps and scored two goals. He also represented Germany at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. Stollenwerk began his international career in 1951 playing as an

inside right Forwards (also known as attackers) are Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring Goal (sport)#Association footbal ...

linkman. He proved to be a versatile player, being used in every position, including

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

. During the

1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Brazil be ...

, Stollenwerk was chosen to replace

Fritz Herkenrath Friedrich "Fritz" Herkenrath (9 September 1928 in Cologne – 18 April 2016) was a football goalkeeper for West Germany at the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He earned 21 caps between 1954 and 1958. He took his club team Rot-Weiss Essen to the peak of i ...

in the goal in case he got injured (with no substitutions being allowed).Bitter, Jürgen. ''Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler'', Sportverlag, 1997, p. 474. His main position, however, was that of an

inside forward Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

. This changed in 1957, when 1. FC Köln coach

Hennes Weisweiler Hans "Hennes" Weisweiler (5 December 1919 – 5 July 1983) was a German professional football player and coach. As a coach, he won major titles with Bundesliga clubs Borussia Mönchengladbach and 1. FC Köln in the 1970s. With 11 titles, 8 wi ...

converted Stollenwerk to

right back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

. This proved to be a good career move for him, as he felt at home in that role immediately and played convincingly enough to be called up again for international duty by

Sepp Herberger Josef "Sepp" Herberger (28 March 1897 – 28 April 1977) was a German football player and manager. He is most famous for being the manager of the West German national team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup final, a match later dubbed ''The Mirac ...

. Previously, as an

, he was only sporadically used by Herberger; however, at the

position Herberger was looking for a fitting successor to Jupp Posipal, who had quit his international career in 1956. By 1958, Stollenwerk had become the standard

West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

, allowing

Herbert Erhardt Herbert "Ertl" Erhard (6 July 1930 – 3 July 2010), also known as Herbert Erhardt, was a German footballer who played as a defender. Club career Erhard played for SpVgg Fürth and Bayern Munich. He was known for his hard tackling, doggedne ...

to play as center half instead of full back. Stollenwerk played in every German game at the

and won 23 caps in total. Stollenwerk retired from football in 1962, after winning the

German football championship German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

with 1. FC Köln. Later on he was a trainer for

Alemannia Aachen Alemannia Aachen () or ATSV Alemannia 1900 is a football in Germany, German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long term fixture of the country's 2. Bundesliga, second division, ''Alemannia'' enjoyed a three- ...

TuS Langerwehe TuS Langerwehe is a German association football club from the town of Langerwehe, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier three Oberliga Nordrhein on five occasions, to be relegated again after short ...

and 1. FC Köln.

References

External links

* * * *
Georg Stollenwerk's obituary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stollenwerk, Georg 1930 births 2014 deaths People from Düren Sportspeople from Cologne (region) German footballers Germany men's international footballers Germany men's B international footballers 1. FC Köln players Olympic footballers for Germany Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics 1958 FIFA World Cup players German football managers 1. FC Köln managers Alemannia Aachen managers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia West German footballers West German football managers