Jürgen Werner (footballer, born 1935), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German footballer
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Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany
About Jürgen Werner (footballer, born 1935)
- Jürgen Werner (15 August 1935 – 28 May 2002) was a German football player, journalist and official. Werner, a midfield player, came from the youth of Hamburger SV right into the first team, in a similar path to Uwe Seeler did, and, for his eight years of first-team experience between 1955 and 1963, has the 1960 German Championship title to prove his credentials.
- He refused to sign a professional contract in 1963, and was to become a teacher, retiring from the game of football.
- He also played a part-time role as journalist for weekly newspaper Die Zeit, and later became the Chairman of the Technical Committee of the German Football Association, a role he took up in 1986.
- In the second half of the 1990s, he was a member of HSV's supervisory board. Werner played four games for the German team, between 1961 and 1963, and was picked for the 1962 FIFA World Cup, however, due to a training injury, did not pick up a World Cup appearance. He was a technically sound half back and intelligent player, who later became headmaster for lawyer education in Hamburg.Jürgen Werner died of cancer on 28 May 2002.
- In honour of Jürgen Werner, the academy of Hamburger SV got named Jürgen Werner Schule.
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