Willi Pfeiffer Explained

Willi Pfeiffer
Birth Date:27 March 1895
Birth Place:German Empire
Death Place:West Germany
Position:Midfielder
Youthyears1:1911–1912
Youthclubs1:Eintracht Frankfurt
Years1:1912–1922
Years2:1922
Years3:1922–1932
Years4:1932
Clubs1:Frankfurter Kickers / FFV / Eintracht Frankfurt
Clubs2:Kickers Offenbach
Clubs3:Eintracht Frankfurt
Clubs4:Union Niederrad
Caps1:75+
Goals1:14+
Caps3:110+
Goals3:19+
Manageryears1:1932
Manageryears2:1945
Managerclubs1:Union Niederrad (player-manager)
Managerclubs2:Eintracht Frankfurt (caretaker)

Willi Pfeiffer (27 March 1895 – 12 March 1965) was a German footballer. He played club football with Eintracht Frankfurt and Kickers Offenbach.

Pfeiffer played for Frankfurter Kickers who merged with Victoria Frankfurt in 1911 to form Frankfurter FV that eventually became Eintracht Frankfurt in 1920. Between September and November 1922 he shortly played for Kickers Offenbach. In 1929–30 he was part of the Eintracht team that won the Southern German championship and again in 1931–32

For his performances he was called up to the Southern German selection.

Pfeiffer was described as a short-tempered player that tended to his opponents. Due to an assault in the Frankfurt derby between Eintracht and FSV Frankfurt in the 1927–28 campaign Pfeiffer was banned for a year.

In 1932 Pfeiffer left Eintracht to join Union Niederrad as a player-manager but finished his active career in the same year.

In 1938 Pfeiffer wrote a letter to the mayor describing himself as a national socialist despite there's no record that Pfeiffer ever entered the Nazi party. On the other hand, he had a long lasting friendship with former Eintracht track and field athlete Jew Moritz Fröhlich who emigrated to the United States. Pfeiffer sent Fröhlich a family picture as a souvenir. However, Pfeiffer was described as a conflicting character.

In 1945 he shortly acted as a caretaker manager for Eintracht.

Pfeiffer he was an honorary club member, honorary captain and member of the council of elders at Eintracht Frankfurt.

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