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Career & Clubs
Early career, 1918–28
Paul Oßwald began as a youth player at local club VfL Saalfeld/Thüringen. At Minerva 93 Berlin he played as a senior player in the midfield. He graduated at the German sport academy and took the examination as a sports teacher. The then German national manager Otto Nerz discovered his ability for team leading and managing and connected him to Eintracht Frankfurt in 1928.
Manager career before World War II, 1928–41
With Eintracht Frankfurt the young manager won the Southern Germany championship in 1930 and 1932, each one after Eintracht won the district championship of Main/Hessen. In 1930 his team left SpVgg Fürth back on the second position – in 1931 the Franks secured the title – and in 1932 Frankfurt reclaimed the title and won the final match in the South against Bayern Munich with 2–0. Three times in a row Paul Oßwald led the Eagles to the final round of the German championship . In 1930 Eintracht lost to Holstein Kiel and in 1931 to Hamburger SV. In 1932, at the third try, the squad headed by the German internationals Rudolf Gramlich, Hugo Mantel, Franz Schütz and Hans Stubb succeeded against Allenstein, Tennis Borussia Berlin and FC Schalke 04 and subsequently reached the final match. On 2 June 1932 they had to face the runner-up of the South, Bayern Munich, in Nuremberg an. Bayern's internationals – Ludwig Goldbrunner, Sigmund Haringer, Konrad Heidkamp and Oskar Rohr – turned the table of the Southern Germany's final fixture…
- Club
- Minerva Berlin
- National team
- Germany
Legacy
Eintracht Frankfurt
German champion (1959) Runner-up in the European cup (1960) Three times Southern German champion (1930, 1932, 1959) Runner-up in the final match of the German championship (1932) Gauliga champion 1938 Six participations in the final round to the German championship
Kickers Offenbach
Twice Southern German champion (1949 und 1955) Runner-up in the final match of the German championship (1950) Four participations in the final round to the German championship
Clubs
- Minerva Berlincurrent
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Paul Oßwald was a German football player and manager. As manager of Eintracht Frankfurt he won the German championship in 1959.
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