On the death of “MV”, “Mayer-Vorfelder is the father of the World Cup victory 2014″ – THE WORLD

The German football mourns Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder. The honorary president of the German Football Association (DFB) died in Stuttgart at the age of 82 years. Will be remembered above all his contributions to the promotion of young talent. “Without these measures we have players like Mesut Özil, Mario Götze and Mats Hummels not found,” said Theo Zwanziger, the former DFB president. Reactions to the death of Mayer-Vorfelder:

Wolfgang Niersbach (DFB President): “goes with Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder a formative figure in German football. I got to know him in all these years as a straight, resolute and competent person who has worked with great dedication to the sport and always had the needs of players in mind. His ideas and his commitment have the football given important impulses from which we all benefit today. The recent successes by winning the World Cup go the highlight on pioneering choices of the past back to Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder has played a major role. “

Bernd Wahler (President VfB Stuttgart). “The death of our honorary president Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder is a great loss for the VfB Family With him we lose a the most influential personalities in the club history of German football. VfB owes much Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder. He was a farsighted thinkers, who has worked with passion for the interests of his VfB and the whole football. “

Joseph Blatter (FIFA President, via Twitter): “Fifa honorary member Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, a really big one, has left us. Your life’s work will be remembered “

Theo Zwanziger (former DFB president, partly as a double tip with Mayer-Vorfelder):. “I have always appreciated him very much and worked with him. He certainly was primarily a man of professionals, but who also had an eye for the concerns of amateurs. His greatest accomplishment was certainly the total change of the promotion of young talent since 2002 in Germany. The development of centers of excellence is his merit – and thus it is for me the real father of the World Cup success in 2014. Without these measures we have players like Mesut Özil, Mario Götze and Mats Hummels did not find “

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Rarely in the second row: heeled backgrounds Mick Jagger Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, the World Cup knockout round Germany geegn England (4: 1 ) in Bloemfontein.

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Born in Mannheim, died on August 17, 2015, aged 82 years, leaving behind his wife Margit and four children.

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He was from 1975 until October 2000 Chairman of the VfB Stuttgart. With the Swabians he celebrated two league titles. Here he sits between Gerhard Renz (l.) And then coach Fritz Millinger (r.).

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Almost always at his side. Mayer-Vorfelders wife Margit

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Photo: PA / Herbert Rudel

Joachim Löw (Germany coach): “He was a strong personality with a huge soccer competence, with him you could discuss wonderful about football, even controversial. For him the interests of the assets stood beside the success is always the focal point, for us, he always had an open ear, his eyes went out of the box. I am very grateful to him for much “

. Reinhard Rauball (League President): ” loses with Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder German football one of its most important figures, especially through his work for professional football, he has set new standards. For the then settled at the German Football Association Professional Football Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder was in league Committee Chairman from 1986 to 2000 a great impetus and an engine on the road to the independence of the Bundesliga and the second division by the founding of the League Association 15 years ago. “

Winfried Kretschmann (Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg / Green): ” With Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, our country loses an authentic character , a combative spirit and one of the most famous politicians of recent national history. “

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