Jürgen Rumor

Jürgen Rumor (born 19 February 1945) is a former professional German footballer.

Jürgen Rumor
Personal information
Full name Jürgen Rumor
Date of birth (1945-02-19) 19 February 1945
Place of birth Germany
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–1964 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1968 1. FC Köln 56 (1)
1968–1970 1. FC Kaiserslautern 63 (3)
1970–1972 Hertha BSC 28 (0)
1974–1975 Tennis Borussia Berlin 16 (6)
Total 162 (10)
National team
Germany U-23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Rumor started his footballing career at 1. FC Köln, where he made 56 Fußball-Bundesliga appearances before moving to 1. FC Kaiserslautern. After 63 games, Rumor transferred to Hertha BSC. As a Hertha player, Rumor was involved in the 1971 Bundesliga scandal for having taken a bribe to fix a match.[1] On 23 January 1972, Rumor was fined 15,000 Deutsche Mark and given a lifelong ban from football by the German Football Association. However, he was later given an amnesty and played a further 16 Bundesliga games for Tennis Borussia Berlin during the 1974–75 season.

See also

  • Bundesliga scandal (1971)

References

  1. Goldmann, Sven (19 March 2006). "Hertha gegen Arminia – einst ein Skandal". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2010.


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