Sepp Herberger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sepp Herberger

German footballer and manager

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1897

Place of Birth: Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 28-Apr-1977

Profession: association football manager, association football player, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Josef "Sepp" Herberger (28 March 1897 – 28 April 1977) was a German football player and manager.
He is most famous for being the manager of the West German national team which won the 1954 FIFA World Cup final, a match later dubbed The Miracle of Bern, defeating the overwhelming favourites from Hungary.
Previously he had also coached the Breslau Eleven, one of the greatest teams in German football history. Born in Mannheim, Herberger played three times for the German football team between 1921 and 1925 before becoming assistant to Otto Nerz in 1934.
Herberger succeeded him as national coach after Germany's uninspired loss to Norway at the 1936 Olympics.
After the war he had a short club spell with Eintracht Frankfurt before being recalled as national team coach in 1950.
He remained national coach until 1964, when he was succeeded by Helmut Schön.
He died of pneumonia in Weinheim-Hohensachsen, aged 80.