Hermann_Nattkämper

Hermann Nattkämper
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Full name	Hermann Nattkämper
Date of birth	4 October 1911
Date of death	2 April 2005 (aged 93)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1928–1930	Preußen Gladbeck
1930–1936	Schalke 04
1936–1937	Preußen Gladbeck
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hermann Nattkämper

German footballer

Herman Nattkämper (4 October 1911 – 2 April 2005) was a German football player and was German champions in 1934 and 1935.

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Born in Gladbeck, he became a member of a local football club when he was 14. Being criticized due to a failed penalty, he left his club and joined the FC Schalke 04. After 76 games and 27 goals he stopped playing football. During World War II he came into Russian war captivity where he started playing football again. Additionally, Hermann Nattkämper was the last living member of the legendary ´Schalker Kreisel´, a special tactic in football, to which Ernst Kuzorra and Fritz Szepan belonged likewise.

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