Herbert Schoen (18 May 1929 – 8 April 2014) was a German international

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Playing career

The defender played internationally with the East German national team in the 1950s. On club level he appeared in 179 Oberliga matches.

Coaching career

Herbert Schoen continued as youth coach at SC Dynamo Berlin and then BFC Dynamo after retiring as a player He trained players such as

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. Schoen was a tough-as-nails defender during his playing career. Voigt remembers how Schoen forced the players to throw snowballs at each other, but the players were not allowed to fend them off with their hands, they were only allowed to dodge, to increase the ability to react. Schoen was also the first coach of Frank Terletzki. Teletzki has described Schoen as a "tough dog". He claims that learned virtues such as discipline and hardness towards oneself from Schoen. Terletzki said: "It didn't matter to us whether it was pouring rain or snowing, we always trained."

Later life

Schoen remained involved in BFC Dynamo and an active member of the club into old age. Schoen died in 2014 at the age of 84.

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* * * 1929 births 2014 deaths German footballers East German footballers East Germany international footballers Dynamo Dresden players Berliner FC Dynamo players DDR-Oberliga players Association football defenders Sportspeople from Luckenwalde Footballers from Brandenburg {{Germany-footy-defender-1920s-stub