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- Bernd Heynemann About his referee career, his political life and his book
- Markus Merk Great dentist from Otterbach and one of the best referees from the past
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Deniz Aytekin (Active)
A UEFA category 1 referee since 2012
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Felix Brych (Active)
It's doctor Felix Brych. The German referee is a doctor in law. His paper was about sports. Brych was promoted to the elite category at the start of season 2009-2010
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Christian Dingert (Active)
We haven't got much on this referee, as you can see. Think you can help us out? Then do please write us an email!
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Marco Fritz (Active)
UEFA category 2 Marco Fritz became a DFB referee in 2006, started refereeing in 2nd Bundesliga since 2008, in the 1st Bundesliga since 2009 and received his FIFA assesmen...
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Manuel Gräfe (Active)
Gräfe has been officiating in the Budesliga since 2004 and got his FIFA badge three years later. He already had international experience in 2005 when he took charge of ...
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Thorsten Kinhöfer (Active)
Thorsten Kinhöfer became a Bundesliga referee in 1997 and earned his FIFA badge in 2006 but really started internationally with a CL qualifier in 2007. Probably too lat...
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Florian Meyer (Active)
Active in the Bundesliga since 1998, international in 2002, Florian Meyer took charge of his fist Champions League already in 2004. Next to a group stage CL match or two...
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Wolfgang Stark (Active)
Bank employee Wolgang Stark from Bavaria already knew he wanted to become a referee when he was 14. In 1994 he reached the highest level in Germany, and in 1999 he got hi...
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Tobias Welz (Active)
We haven't got much on this referee, as you can see. Think you can help us out? Then do please write us an email!
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Felix Zwayer (Active)
Felix Zwayer became a DFB Referee in 2004 and started refereeing in the 2nd Bundesliga since 2007 and 1st Bundesliga since 2009. In 2012 he became a FIFA Referee. UEFA ca...
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Hermann Albrecht (Retired)
Active in the Bundesliga from 1989 till 2005 and FIFA referee from 1993 till 2003. He reached the 2nd round of the 2003 UEFA Cup.
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Heinz Aldinger (Retired)
Heinz Aldinger was FIFA referee between 1973 and 1982. he took charge of a match in the 1980 European Championships. Aldinger was a linesman at the 1974 World Cup.
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Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Retired)
The senior table tennis champion (2003, 2008) Karl-Josef Assenmacher was a FIFA ref between 1983 and 1993 in his last year he took charge of the final of the European Cup...
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Ferdinand Biwersi (Retired)
Ferdinand Biwersi took charge of a match in the 1978 World Cup, a match in the 1972 Olympic Games and of the first leg of the 1976 UEFA Cup final. At the World Cup in 197...
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Georg Dardenne (Retired)
National referee from 1987 untill 2000 and on the FIFA list from 1994 till 1999. he had to stop, shortly before retirement age, because of his day job.
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Hans-Peter Dellwing (Retired)
Active in the German first and second League for twenty years, 1974-1994.
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Walter Eschweiler (Retired)
As so many referees, Walter Eschweiler had ambitions as a player but had to quit after suffering an injury. The diplomat, game show personality, miss Germany pageant jury...
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Herbert Fandel (Retired)
In 1979, when he was 14, Herbert Fandel passed his referee examns and started his climb up the ladder, up towards the First Bundesliga in 1996 and a FIFA badge in 1998. H...
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Werner Föckler (Retired)
We haven't got much on this referee, as you can see. Think you can help us out? Then do please write us an email!
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Helmut Fleischer (Retired)
Fleischer has mostly been active in youth championships and UEFA Cup until his retirement from intenational football in 2006.. He is a (medical) doctor.
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Lutz Michael Fröhlich (Retired)
Active in the Bundesliga from 1989 until 2005 and internationally from 1994 until 2002.
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Rudolf Frickel (Retired)
German ref of the year 77-78, WE found him on the international list for only one year (1976) but he must have ben active longer than that. See his palmares. Referee in t...
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Gerd Hennig (Retired)
Gerd Hennig was a FIFA referee from probably around 1978 until also probably the end of 1981. He came from West-Germany and took charge of 161 Bundesliga matches between ...
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Bernd Heynemann (Retired)
A former DDR referee, one of the few who made the switch from the Oberliga to the Budesliga, Bernd Heynemann started his career in 1980 and ended it in 2001. Nationally (...
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Walter Horstmann (Retired)
FIFA referee from 1970 until 1981
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Michael Kempter (Retired)
The youngest BundesLiga referee, one of the youngest FIFA referees, officiating since he was eleven, Michael Kempter's could be a promising career, but there have been a ...
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Jörg Kessler (Retired)
In his first year as FIFA referee Jörg Keßler already took charge of a match in the UEFA Cup. A promising start, but he retired a year later because he couldn't find th...
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Paul Kindervater (Retired)
FIFA referee for two or three years, last year 1977, 81 BundesLiga matches, Kindervater retired in 1979 after he got a few bad reports.
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Knut Kircher (Retired)
Officiating in the Bundesliga since 2002, and Fifa referee since 2004, the tall (196 m) German, was a Premier list referee, just one step behind the elite corps, but got ...
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Siegfried Kirschen (Retired)
When Siegrfried Kirschen took charge of his first international matches he came from a country called the DDR, the German Democratic Republic. He was quite successful, ha...
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Rudolf Kreitlein (Retired)
Kreitlein sent off the Argentina captain Antonio Rattin during a 1966 World Cup match between England and Argentina at Wembley. Rattin refused to leave the field and this...
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Helmut Krug (Retired)
Two matches in the 1994 World Cup finals, two in the 1996 European Championships (a quarter-final), the Champions League final in 1998, the Confederations Cup, the Club W...
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Günter Linn (Retired)
Gunter Linn was a FIFA referee from 1979 until the end of 1982. He has been a referee for almost 30 years (1958-1985).
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Johannes Malka (Retired)
Another an injured player who took up refereeing. After his retirement Malka joined the UEFA referee committee and even chaired it until 1992.
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Markus Merk (Retired)
Markus Merk, born March 15, 1962 in Kaiserslautern, Germany, has been a referee for over 21 years. He was born very near the stadium at Kaiserslauern, the Fritz-Walter St...
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Klaus Ohmsen (Retired)
Internationally active from 1971 until 1976. Ohmsen was a linesman for two matches at the 1974 World Cup. 131 matches Bundesliga between 1964 and 1981. Ohmsen died in 2. ...
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Alfred Ott (Retired)
A referee from - then - West-Germany, who had his debut in the highest German League in 1963. He was an international referee for at least one season 1968/69, maybe two (...
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Dieter Pauly (Retired)
After !00 matches in 10 years of Budesliga (1980 and 1990) and 65 international matches Dieter Pauly was the first German referee to get his own fare well match. The thre...
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Babak Rafati (Retired)
Iranian born German referee Babak Rafati became a FIFA referee in 2008 after only 2,5 years and 34 matches in the Bundesliga. He was a UEFA Category 2 referee until the e...
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Volker Roth (Retired)
Once a basketball player, Volker Roth started refereeing football at the age of 16 and took charge of 129 matches in the Budesliga between 1972 and 1986. He was active at...
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Aron Schmidhuber (Retired)
2 matches in World Cup 1990, 1 match in the 1990 European Championships, a European Cup final. Best ref of the world 1992 (says who?). He was also a linesman in 'Euro 88 ...
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Gerhard Schulenburg (Retired)
Gerhard Schulenburg took charge of a match in the 1974 World Cup and in the 1972 Olympic Games.
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Heinz Siebert (Retired)
Heinz Siebert was a FIFA referee in 1968 and probably also in 1969/70.
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Peter Sippel (Retired)
UEFA Category 2 referee Peter Sippel entered the Bundesliga in 2000 and held his FIFA-badge from 2003 until the end of 2011.
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Edgar Steinborn (Retired)
Long time referee Edgar Steinborn was active in the Bundesliga from 1988 till -2004 and carried a FIFA badge from 1995 till - 2002. He retired because of his age.
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Hartmut Strampe (Retired)
Strampe was active on the highest national level from 1991 till 2003. A a FIFA referee he took charge of over 50 matches between 1993 and the end 2001. See his plamares: ...
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Günther Ternieden (Retired)
Gunther Ternieden was an international referee from 1957 until 1962. He was listed as a deputy ref during season 1953/54. Ternieden took charge of the 1953 DFB-Finale b...
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Karl-Heinz Tritschler (Retired)
Karl-Heinz Trischler was the referee of the final of the 1989 European Cup won by AC Milan. He also officiated at the 1988 Olympic Tournament (1 match).
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Kurt Tschenscher (Retired)
Three times World Cup finals referee, Kurt Tschenscher was the first referee ever to show a yellow card. In fact he showed it 5 times, in the opening match of the 1970 Wo...
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Franz-Xaver Wack (Retired)
Dr Franz-Xaver Wack - another German referee/dentist - had to stop prematurely because of an ankle injury in 2007.
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Hans-Jürgen Weber (Retired)
First Bundesliga referee from 1984 until 1999, 8 years on the FIFA panel (1991-1999) and now a referee observer and developer.
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Michael Weiner (Retired)
When not refereeing Michael Weiner is active in the streets of Sauerland as a police officer. He was a UEFA category 1 referee and is now cat 2.
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Wolf-Günter Wiesel (Retired)
Now an official at the team Hannover 96, Wolf-Gunther Wiesel was a FIFA referee in the early 1990s.
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Wieland Ziller (Retired)
100 matches in the DDR-Oberliga, 40 something in the Budesliga after what the Germans call "die Wende" and about twenty international matches. But Wieland Ziller was impl...
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Erich Asmussen (Deceased)
Erich Asmussen was active as a referee from 1957/58 until 1959/60, he was a deputy ref the three seasons before that.
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Günther Baumgärtel (Deceased)
Günther Baumgärtel was a West-German Bundesliga referee from 1953 and a FIFA referee from 1961 until he retired in 1967. He took charge of 39 international matches. Gü...
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Peco Bauwens (Deceased)
Peter Joseph 'Peco' Bauwens played 1 match in Germany's national team in 1910. One of the most important referees of his time, Bauwens officiated in 82 international mat...
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Alfred Birlem (Deceased)
Two Olympic Tournaments and two World Cup finals. Alfred Birlem died in 1956.
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Edgar Blüher (Deceased)
Edgar Blüher the referee is probably the same as the famous player from Leipzig. He died in 1918.
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Fritz Bouillon (Deceased)
Born in Konigsberg, East Prussia, now a Russian enclave, Fritz Bouillon was a player for ASCO Konigsberg who turned to refereeing in 1928. He took charge of matches until...
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Max Brandt (Deceased)
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Erich Burmeister (Deceased)
Burmeister took charge of the first German championship final after the war in 1948. FIFA since 1950, probably for only one season. He worked for BP, was a coach with Alt...
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Erich Chemnitz (Deceased)
A sportsman until he was heavily injured in WW I (1914-1918), despite of his physical difficulties he managed to take charge of matches, and the friendly Hungary-Austria ...
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Albert Dusch (Deceased)
Albert Dusch was a goalie with Kaiserslautern until 1935. The story goes he got bored during a suspension and started to get interested in refereeing. He was internation...
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Friedrich Eix (Deceased)
International referee only in season 1953/54. His last year as a referee was 1955.
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Helmut Fink (Deceased)
A national referee for at least twenty years (1930-1950) and referee at the 1936 Olympic Tournament. His last season was 1951-52.
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Helmut Fritz (Deceased)
Active internationally from 1964 until 1968.
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Moritz Fuchs (Deceased)
A German referee from the late 1920s and early 1930s. We found three international matches.
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Willy Guyenz (Deceased)
Willy (Wilhelm?) Guyenz was active as a referee in the 1920s and early 1930s.
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Kurt Handwerker (Deceased)
Kurt Handwerker was active internationally between 1965 and 1968.
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Paul Heyne (Deceased)
A player and one of the founders of the side Viktoria Berlin, Paul Heyne also took charge of a few international matches at the beginning of the 20th centuty.
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Josef Kandlbinder (Deceased)
A West-German referee, active 1958 - 1964. He took charge of three matches at the 1960 Olympic Tournament and retired in 1964. Josef Kandlbinder died in 2011.
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Otto Kehm (Deceased)
One friendly between Austria and Hungary in 1918. The date was the 6th of October only two weeks or so before the Austro-Hungarian empire was dissolved. Kehm was one of t...
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Carl Koppehel (Deceased)
Active as a referee in the 1920s. His first match was in 1917 (South Germany vs Central Germany). In 1920 he went to Gotherburg for a, international tournament. Carl (so...
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Willi Langer (Deceased)
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Gustav Manning (Deceased)
German, British, American, Gustav Manning was born in London, he died in New York (1953) and lived in Germany. He started a few teams and football organizations in German...
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Paul Marum (Deceased)
Paul Marum was a(n international) referee in the early years of the 20th century.
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Albert Meissner (Deceased)
International "deputy" 1952/53, 1953/54 and cetre referee 1954/55 until season 1957/58.
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Georg Muntau (Deceased)
From his palmares you can see he mostly (or perhaps always) took charge of matches in the Baltic region. George Muntau was from Koningbergen which is closer to the Baltic...
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Josef Nettekoven (Deceased)
Josef Nettekoven was an international referee for only one season 1953/54.
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Paul Neumann (Deceased)
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Manfred Neuner (Deceased)
Manfred Neuner, FIFA referee from 1985 until 1991, died in 2001.
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Edgard/Willi Ommerborn (Deceased)
When Willi (or Edgar) Ommerborn was an international referee for season 1954/55 he came from a country named Saar, or Saarland, something like an interim country formed b...
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Curt von Paquet (Deceased)
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Alois Pennig (Deceased)
International referee 1954/55 - 1956/57. Penning was the referee of the first ever match for a European tournament, the Inter City Fairs Cup in 1955.
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Wilhelm Peters (Deceased)
Wilhelm Hans Christian Carl Peters (Willi) was an international referee between 1936 and 1939. A perhaps promising career until the war broke out. Peters died in 1941 of ...
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Rudolf Pohl (Deceased)
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Marion Pucka (Deceased)
Internationally listed in seasons 1953/54 and 1954/55. He was a intl deputy ref the season before that.
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Manfred Rössner (Rößner ) (Deceased)
One of the very few referees who changed countries while officiating for FIFA, Manfred Rössner started his career as a referee from the DDR (GDR) and ended it as a Germa...
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Jan Redelfs (Deceased)
151 matches in the Budesliga and for instance a match in the 1981 u20 World Cup. After his retirement West-German Jan Redelfs worked for FIFA. He died in 1995.
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Adolf Reinhardt (Deceased)
On the international list for only one season 1951/52. he was the first German referee to take charge of an international "A" match after WWII in 1952 (Austria-Ireland). ...
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Karl Riegg (Deceased)
FIFA referee from 1967 until the end of 1972.
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Konstantin Riso (Deceased)
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Angelo Rossi (Deceased)
Notwithstanding the Italian name, Angelo Rossi was a German referee, born in Switzerland of Italian descent, active in the 1920s. He started refereeing in 1911.
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Walter Sanss (Deceased)
Walter Sanß was a pioneer in German football. Association president, leader of the team that won 16 - 0 against Russia in the 1912 Olympic tournament and also a part-tim...
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Emil Schmetzer (Deceased)
Emil Schmetzer took charge of a match in the 1954 World Cup. He died September 1973.
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Paul Schröder (Deceased)
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Ewald Skuballa (Deceased)
Ewald Skuballa was an international referee for one season 1957/58 and an international deputy referee in 1951/52.
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Albert Sohn (Deceased)
Sohn was a member of the Frankfurter Club Victoria.
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Werner Treichel (Deceased)
Berliner referee Werner Treichel held a FIFA badge from 1955 till 1958. He took charge of two Cup finals in (west) Germany, only 3 others have done that, and in later lif...
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Karl Wald (Deceased)
Karl Wald was never an international referee, but he is the inventor of the penalty shoot-out to decide the winner after a draw. That was in 1970.
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Karl Weingärtner (Deceased)
Karl Weingartner took charge of the match Italy - USA at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.
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Josef Wershoven (Deceased)
International referee from 1954 until 1957,
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Hans Joachim Weyland (Deceased)
Tall (1.92) and rather heavy, Hans Joachim Weyland is often described as a giant. He took charge of a match in the 1974 World Cup finals in his own country and of the (un...
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Karl Winkler (Deceased)
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Walter Zimmermann (Deceased)
Zimmermann was on the international list for two seasons: 1951/52 and 1952/53.