Hermann Gösmann (9 January 1904 – 21 January 1979) was a German lawyer and

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administrator who was president of the

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(, DFB) from 1962 to 1975. Along with Franz Kremer, then president of 1. FC Köln, and Hermann Neuberger (Gösmann's eventual successor), he participated in the founding of the

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. Gösmann was elected president during a '' DFB-Bundestag'' on July 28 1962 in the Westfalenhallen in

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. It was during this Bundestag that the Bundesliga was founded. The 1971 Bundesliga scandal occurred during his tenure. Gösmann also held international offices. In 1964, he was elected to the

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

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. He was buried in the Heger cemetery in the same city.

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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