Josef Röhrig | |
Birth Date: | 28 February 1925 |
Birth Place: | Zündorf, Germany |
Death Place: | Cologne |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1941–1943 |
Clubs1: | VfL Köln 1899 |
Years2: | 1950–1960 |
Clubs2: | 1. FC Köln |
Nationalyears1: | 1950–1956 |
Nationalteam1: | West Germany |
Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Josef Röhrig (28 February 1925 – 12 February 2014) was a German footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]
Röhrig was born in Zündorf, a Cologne suburb, and played after World War II for the then newly founded 1. FC Köln for a decade. He was part of the team which reached the 1954 final of the DFB-Pokal and the 1960 decider for the West German football championship but lost on both occasions.
Röhrig also made sporadic appearances for the West Germany national football team between 1950 and 1956, playing 12 times and scoring two goals.[2]