Manfred Rummel (22 March 1938 – 27 July 2017) was a German professional football player and coach.

Career

Born in

Essen Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and ...

, Rummel joined

Schwarz-Weiß Essen Schwarz-Weiß Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The side has its origins in the gymnastics club ''Essener Turnerbund'' founded in 1881. A football department was formed in January 1900 and this b ...

in 1958 from FSV Kettwig. He was part of the Schwarz-Weiß Essen which won the 1959 German Cup. He spent five years with the club, scoring 51 goals in 87 appearances. He also played for

SC Preußen Münster SC Preußen Münster (English: Prussia Münster) is a German sports club based in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia which is mostly recognised for its football section. The football team currently plays in Regionalliga West which is the fourth ti ...

and

1. FC Kaiserslautern 1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern e. V., also known as 1. FCK, FCK (), FC Kaiserslautern () or colloquially Lautern (), is a German sports club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to football, the club also operates in severa ...

. He later played in the United States with the Pittsburgh Phantoms and the

Kansas City Spurs The Kansas City Spurs were an American professional soccer team who played in the North American Soccer League, based in Kansas City, Missouri. They played their home games at Kansas City Municipal Stadium, former home of the Kansas City Chie ...

. After retiring as a player, Rummel initially coached football to people with disabilities, before becoming manager of Schwarz-Weiß Essen in 1981, staying in that role until 1983. He held various other roles with the club, including being their managing director from 2006 to 2011. He also worked as the manager of

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen (), Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The club competes in the Bundesliga, th ...

, and as a coach at

Rot-Weiss Essen Rot-Weiss Essen is a German association football club based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club currently plays in the 3. Liga, at the Stadion an der Hafenstraße. The team won the DFB-Pokal in 1953, and the German championship in 19 ...

References

1938 births 2017 deaths German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Schwarz-Weiß Essen players SC Preußen Münster players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Pittsburgh Phantoms (NPSL) players Kansas City Spurs players Bundesliga players National Professional Soccer League (1967) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players German football managers Bayer 04 Leverkusen managers Schwarz-Weiß Essen managers West German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States West German expatriate sportspeople in the United States Footballers from Essen West German men's footballers West German football managers {{Germany-footy-bio-stub