Hermann Eppenhoff was a German football player and manager.

Career

The forward was a member of FC Schalke 04

FC Schalke 04

Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...

 squad, which won the German Championship

German football champions

The German football champions are the annual winners of the highest association football competition in Germany. The history of the German football championship is complex and reflects the turbulent history of the country through the course of the 20th century.Brought to the country by English...

 in the years 1939

1939 German football championship

-Group 1:-Group 2-A:-Group 2-B:-Group 3:-Group 4:-Semifinals:*FC Schalke 04 3-3 ; 2-0 Dresdner SC*Admira Wien 4-1 Hamburger SV-References:*...

, 1940

1940 German football championship

-Group 1-A:-Group 1-B:-Group 2:-Group 3:-Group 4:-References:*...

 and 1942

1939 German football championship

-Group 1:-Group 2-A:-Group 2-B:-Group 3:-Group 4:-Semifinals:*FC Schalke 04 3-3 ; 2-0 Dresdner SC*Admira Wien 4-1 Hamburger SV-References:*...

. He also won three caps with the German national team

Germany national football team

The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....

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Coaching career

Later on he served as a manager for Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund

Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...

, winning the German Championship in 1963

German football championship 1963

The 59th German football championship was the culmination of the football season in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1962-63. Borussia Dortmund were crowned champions for the third time after a group stage and a final, having previously won the championship in 1956 and 1957.On the strength of...

 and also making it to the final of the DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal

The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...

 in the same year. Two years later he won the 1964–65 DFB-Pokal with Dortmund. After switching to Meidericher SV he made it to the cup final once again in 1965–66, where his team was defeated by Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....

. After several years at VfL Bochum

VfL Bochum

Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum, is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia.-Founding to World War II:...

, where he made the cup final yet again in 1967–68, he eventually switched to VfB Stuttgart

VfB Stuttgart

Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart, is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team, which has participated in all but two Bundesliga seasons...

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Filmography

• Das Grosse Spiel
  Das Grosse Spiel
  Das Grosse Spiel is a 1942 German sports film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring René Deltgen, Gustav Knuth and Heinz Engelmann. It featured famous German footballers of the era...
  
  (1942)