Karl Hohmann (18 June 1908, in
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second- ...
– 31 March 1974, in
Benrath) was a German
football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player.
Between 1930 and 1937, he played 26 times and scored 20 goals for the
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team (german: link=no, Deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Germany in men's international football and played its first match in 1908. The team is governed by the German Football Association (''Deuts ...
. He played in the
1934 FIFA World Cup
The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934.
The 1934 World Cup was the first in w ...
, scoring 2 goals in the 2-1 quarter-final win against
Sweden. Germany went on to finish third. He was also part of Germany's squad at the
1936 Summer Olympics.
Later, he became the coach of
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 ...
, leading them to win the
1953 German Cup.
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International career
1908 births
1974 deaths
German footballers
Germany international footballers
German football managers
1934 FIFA World Cup players
Olympic footballers of Germany
Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Rot-Weiss Essen managers
Association football midfielders
FK Pirmasens players
Footballers from Düsseldorf
20th-century German people
West German football managers
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