Jürgen Moll Explained

Jürgen Moll
Birth Date:1939 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Karlsbad, German Reich[1]
Death Place:Egestorf, West Germany
Position:Striker/Defender
Youthclubs1:MTV Braunschweig
Youthyears2:–1957
Youthclubs2:Leu Braunschweig
Years1:1957–1968
Clubs1:Eintracht Braunschweig
Caps1:280
Goals1:103

Jürgen Moll (born 16 November 1939 in Karlsbad; died 16 December 1968 on Bundesautobahn 7 near Egestorf in a car crash) was a German football player.[2]

Early life

Moll was born in Karlsbad, Sudetenland in 1939, but came to Braunschweig as a refugee with his family at the end of World War II.

Career

Moll spent his entire ten-year professional career with Eintracht Braunschweig, including six seasons in the Bundesliga, starting with the league's foundation in 1963. He joined the club for the 1957–58 season from Leu Braunschweig, at the time the city's second best team. During the early 1960s he succeeded the retiring Werner Thamm as Eintracht's most prolific goal scorer. Moll was also the player to score Eintracht Braunschweig's first ever Bundesliga goal.[3]

However, later in his career he was turned from a center forward into a defender by Eintracht Braunschweig manager Helmuth Johannsen. Moll stayed one of the club's key player in his new position as well, starting every single game in the team's 1966–67 championship-winning season.

Personal life

Moll was married to the actress Sigrid Mollwitz. The pair had two daughters.[4]

Death

Moll and his wife died in a car accident while on return from vacation during the winter break of the 1968–69 season. Two charity matches were played for the benefit of the Molls' children, the first featured West Germany's 1954 FIFA World Cup winning squad in the line-up of the tournament's final, the second saw a combined squad of Eintracht Braunschweig and rivals Hannover 96 take on a Bundesliga all-star team. Moll's funeral in Braunschweig was attended by 4,000 people, including the West Germany national team and the entire squad of Hannover 96.

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Außenverteidiger Jürgen Moll . German . remember-blaugelb.de . 13 January 2014.
  2. Web site: Moll, Jürgen . German . kicker.de . 10 September 2012.
  3. Web site: Jürgen Moll – Ein junger Eintracht-Held . German . . 13 December 2012.
  4. Web site: Jürgen Moll – er wurde zur Eintracht-Legende . German . . 13 January 2014.