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Walter Jestram
Walter Jestram was a German Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), Defender for BFC Germania 1888 and Berliner SV 1892 at the turn of the century. Playing career Club career On 15 April 1888, Jestram, together with his brothers Paul, Max, and Fritz, and seven school friends from Askanischen Gymnasium, founded the BFC Germania 1888, the oldest football club in Germany still in existence today. There was no football pitches at the time, so BFC was the first club to play on the Tempelhofer field, where an airport would later be constructed. He stayed at the club for a decade, from 1888 until 1898, being thus a member of the side that won the first (unofficial) German championship in 1890, which was organized by the Association of German Football Players, the first German football association. From 1902 to 1904, he played for local rivals Berliner SV 1892, with whom he won the Berlin championship twice, which qualified the clubs for the final ...
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Defender (association Football)
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers, and wing-backs. The centre-back and full-back positions are most common in modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised, often limited to certain formations dependent on the manager's style of play and tactics. Centre-back The centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the centre-half position) defends in the area directly in front of the goal and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers and marking forwards to discourage the opposing team from passing to them. Centre-backs are often tall and positioned ...
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