Rudolf "Rudi" Hoffmann (11 February 1935 – 16 October 2020) was a German
footballer. He played for
Viktoria Aschaffenburg,
VfB Stuttgart and
FK Pirmasens.
International career
He played one match for the
Germany national football team, on 28 May 1955 against the
Republic of Ireland. He later participated in the
1956 Olympics 1956 Olympics refers to both:
*The 1956 Winter Olympics, which were held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
*The 1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport even ...
.
He was part of the German 22-player squad for 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 ...
, but was on reserve in Germany and did not actually travel to the tournament in Sweden (along with
Wolfgang Peters
Wolfgang Peters (8 January 1929 – 22 September 2003) was a German football player.
Peters played for Borussia Dortmund (1954–1963).
On the national level he played for Germany national team, and was a participant at the 1958 FIFA World Cu ...
,
Hermann Nuber
Hermann Nuber (10 October 1935 – 12 December 2022) was a German footballer who played as an Inside forward or libero for Kickers Offenbach. A one-club man, he reached the final of the 1959 German football championship with the club.
Club c ...
and
Günter Sawitzki
Günter Sawitzki (22 November 1932 – 14 December 2020) was a German football player.
Career
Sawitzki's performances for underdog side SV Sodingen in the then best German division caught the attention of West German coach Sepp Herberger and mad ...
).
References
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1935 births
2020 deaths
German footballers
Germany men's international footballers
VfB Stuttgart players
Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for the United Team of Germany
1958 FIFA World Cup players
Viktoria Aschaffenburg players
Men's association football defenders
FK Pirmasens players
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