Hans Tilkowski

Hans Tilkowski
Personal information
Date of birth (1935-07-12) 12 July 1935
Place of birth Dortmund-Husen, Germany
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1962 Westfalia Herne 219 (0)
1963–1967 Borussia Dortmund 81 (0)
1967–1970 Eintracht Frankfurt 40 (0)
Total 340 (0)
National team
1957–1967 West Germany 39 (0)
Teams managed
1970 Werder Bremen
1970–1972 TSV 1860 München
1973–1976 1. FC Nürnberg
1976–1977 Werder Bremen
1978 1. FC Saarbrücken
1981 AEK Athens
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Hans Tilkowski (born 12 July 1935 in Dortmund, Germany) is a German former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[2] He was on the West German team that lost the 1966 World Cup final 4-2 to England.

He started his career with VfL Husen 19 and SuS Kaiserau, then joined Westfalia Herne. While there he played 18 times for the West Germany national football team. His next team was Borussia Dortmund. From 1963 to 1967 he played 81 times in the West German Bundesliga for Dortmund. Tilkowski won the DFB-Pokal with Dortmund in 1965 and the European Cup of National Cup-Winners in 1966. He was chosen German player of the year in 1965.

Between 1963 and 1967 Tilkowski played 21 times for the West German national team. He was a member of the World Cup squads of 1962 and 1966. In 1962 he was the backup keeper, as coach Sepp Herberger chose the young Wolfgang Fahrian as the team's number one. In 1966, Tilkowski was the No. 1 goalkeeper in the side, then coached by Helmut Schön, that lost the World Cup Final 4-2 to England.[3] He was the oldest player in the West German squad, celebrating his 31st birthday during the competition. He was superseded in the national team by Sepp Maier.

Tilkowski ended his career playing for Eintracht Frankfurt (40 games in the Bundesliga).[4]

He later took up coaching, taking charge of 1. FC Nürnberg, Werder Bremen and 1. FC Saarbrücken. In June 1959, he married Luise, they have two sons and one daughter.[5]

Honours

Club

Borussia Dortmund

International

Germany national football team

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Hans Tilkowski". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Hans Tilkowski" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
  3. ↑ Matthias Arnhold (3 October 2004). "Hans Tilkowski - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Matthias Arnhold (2 May 2013). "Hans Tilkowski - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Tilkowski, Hans. Und ewig fällt das Wembley-Tor (in German). p. 203.


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