Hermann "Stift" Höfer (19 July 1934 – 22 October 1996) was a German
football player who played his entire career for Eintracht Frankfurt.
Höfer joined the Frankfurt side as a 15-year-old and debuted in 1953. Until 1966, the defender gathered over 300 appearances. Wearing the Eintracht jersey he won the German championship in 1959. He also played at the
1956 Summer Olympics.
From 1963 until 1966 he played 68 times in the new founded
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 ...
. In the
1981–82 season, he was vice president of the ''Eagles''.
Honours
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German championship:
1958–59
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European Cup: runners-up
1959–60
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Oberliga Süd Oberliga ( en, Premier league) may refer to:
Association football
* Oberliga (football), currently the fifth tier of the German football league system, formerly the first
* DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of football in East Germany until 1990, re ...
:
1958–59; runners-up
1953–54,
1960–61,
1961–62
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DFB-Pokal
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: runners-up
1963–64
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UEFA Intertoto Cup:
1966–67
References
External links
Hermann Höferat eintracht-archiv.de
1934 births
1996 deaths
German men's footballers
Eintracht Frankfurt players
Bundesliga players
Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for the United Team of Germany
Eintracht Frankfurt non-playing staff
Men's association football defenders
Footballers from Frankfurt
West German men's footballers
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