Hermann Gösmann (9 January 1904 – 21 January 1979) was a German lawyer and football administrator, and from 1962 to 1975 he was president of the German Football Association (german: Deutscher Fußball-Bund, DFB). Gösmann participated along with Franz Kremer, then president of 1. FC Köln, and

Hermann Neuberger Hermann Neuberger (12 December 1919 – 27 September 1992) was the seventh president of the German Football Association (''Deutscher Fußball-Bund'', DFB) from 1975 until his death in office in 1992. Career Neuberger, son of two teachers, gre ...

, the eventual successor from Gösmann, in the founding of the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

. Gösmann was a lawyer by profession. He was elected president during a ''

DFB-Bundestag The DFB-Bundestag (National Conference) is the highest body of the German Football Association (german: Deutscher Fussball-Bund, DFB). As football parliament it is the legislative assembly of the DFB. Structure The DFB-Bundestag convenes regularly ...

'' on July 28, 1962 in the

Westfalenhallen Westfalenhallen (English: Halls of Westphalia) is a commercial complex composed of conference (Kongresszentrum Dortmund) and exhibition centers (Messe Dortmund) with an indoor arena (Westfalenhalle), located in Dortmund, Germany. It is surroun ...

in Dortmund. Also during this Bundestag the Bundesliga was founded. The Bundesliga scandal in the 1970s was during his tenure. Gösmann had offices in international sport. In 1964, he was elected to the ''

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Executive Committee'' and took over as chair in the ''UEFA Amateur Commission''. Four years later Gösmann was reelected. He died at the age of 75 in Osnabrück due to

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. He was buried in the Heger cemetery in Osnabrück.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gosmann, Hermann 1904 births 1979 deaths People from Ibbenbüren People from the Province of Westphalia German football chairmen and investors 20th-century German lawyers Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany