Heinz Wewers (27 July 1927 – 29 August 2008) was a German
footballer
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.
Club career
He was the
center half of the
Rot-Weiß Essen
Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club currently plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße.
The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 195 ...
team that won the
German football championship
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in 1955 and the
German Cup
The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered ...
in 1953.
International career
Between 1951 and 1958 Wewers earned 12 caps and scored 1 goal for the
West Germany national team, and took part in 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 ...
where the West Germans finished fourth.
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1927 births
2008 deaths
German footballers
Germany men's international footballers
Germany men's B international footballers
Rot-Weiss Essen players
1958 FIFA World Cup players
German football managers
Men's association football defenders
West German footballers
People from Gladbeck
Sportspeople from Münster (region)
Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia
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