Herbert Widmayer (17 November 1913 – 31 July 1998) was a German

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player and manager. He is the first ever coach to be prematurely terminated in Bundesliga history. He was the younger brother of Werner Widmayer Widmayer played Holstein Kiel,

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and

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. After World War II he commenced a coaching career. In 1960, he joined

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, the most titled German club then, succeeding the Austrian player legend

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. He led Nürnberg, in Germany nicknamed "the ''Club''", to the South German Championship in the same year. In the final of the tournament for the national title Nürnberg defeated Borussia Dortmund in front of 82,000 spectators in Hanover's Niedersachsenstadion with 3–0. In the following year the ''Club'' once more won the South German Championship, and once more reached the national final, this time in Berlin's Olympic Stadium, and losing there 4–0 vs

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Honours

* German Championship 1961 * German Cup 1962

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* 1913 births 1998 deaths Footballers from Kiel German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Holstein Kiel players TSV 1860 Munich players Eintracht Braunschweig players German football managers VfL Bochum managers 1. FC Nürnberg managers Karlsruher SC managers Bundesliga managers KSV Hessen Kassel managers West German football managers {{germany-footy-forward-1910s-stub