Georg "Schorsch" Knöpfle (15 May 1904 – 14 December 1987) was a German
football
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player and coach. As a player, he received 23 international caps and was part of the German squad at the
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...
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Honours
1. FC Köln
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Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...
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1963–64; runner-up
1964–65
Werder Bremen
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DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...
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1961
Events January
* January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union.
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...
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1904 births
1987 deaths
People from Schramberg
Footballers from Freiburg (region)
German men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Germany men's international footballers
Olympic footballers for Germany
Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
SpVgg Greuther Fürth players
FSV Frankfurt players
German football managers
West German football managers
Bundesliga managers
Eintracht Braunschweig managers
Hamburger SV managers
FC Bayern Munich managers
Alemannia Aachen managers
SV Werder Bremen managers
1. FC Köln managers
20th-century German sportsmen
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