Willi Pfeiffer

Willi Pfeiffer (27 March 1895 – 12 March 1965) was a German footballer. He played club football with Eintracht Frankfurt and Kickers Offenbach.

Willi Pfeiffer
Personal information
Date of birth (1895-03-27)27 March 1895
Place of birth German Empire
Date of death 12 March 1965(1965-03-12) (aged 69)
Place of death West Germany
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1911–1912 Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912–1922 Frankfurter Kickers / FFV / Eintracht Frankfurt 75+ (14+)
1922 Kickers Offenbach
1922–1932 Eintracht Frankfurt 110+ (19+)
1932 Union Niederrad
Teams managed
1932 Union Niederrad (player-manager)
1945 Eintracht Frankfurt (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Pfeiffer played for Frankfurter Kickers who merged with Victoria Frankfurt in 1911 to form Frankfurter FV that eventually became Eintracht Frankfurt in 1920. Between September and November 1922 he shortly played for Kickers Offenbach. In 1929–30 he was part of the Eintracht team that won the Southern German championship and again in 1931–32

For his performances he was called up to the Southern German selection.

Pfeiffer was described as a short-tempered player that tended to his opponents. Due to an assault in the Frankfurt derby between Eintracht and FSV Frankfurt in the 1927–28 campaign Pfeiffer was banned for a year.

In 1932 Pfeiffer left Eintracht to join Union Niederrad as a player-manager but finished his active career in the same year.

In 1938 Pfeiffer wrote a letter to the mayor describing himself as a national socialist despite there's no record that Pfeiffer ever entered the Nazi party. On the other hand he had a long lasting friendship with former Eintracht track and field athlete Jew Moritz Fröhlich who emigrated to the United States. Pfeiffer sent Fröhlich a family picture as a souvenir. However, Pfeiffer was described as a conflicting character.

In 1945 he shortly acted as a caretaker manager for Eintracht.

Pfeiffer he was a honorary club member, honorary captain and member of the council of elders at Eintracht Frankfurt.

Honours

References

    Sources
    • Matheja, Ulrich (2011). Unsere Eintracht - Eintracht Frankfurt - Die Chronik. Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-89533-750-5.
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