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.jpg) Herberger in 1957 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Josef Herberger | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1897 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mannheim, German Empire | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 April 1977 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Mannheim, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1914–1921 | Waldhof Mannheim | 127 | (101) | ||||||||||||||
| 1922–1926 | VfR Mannheim | 66 | (55) | ||||||||||||||
| 1926–1930 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 43 | (30) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 236 | (186) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1921–1925 | Germany | 3 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1928–1929 | SV Nowawes 03 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1930–1932 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | ||||||||||||||||
| 1932–1933 | Western Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| 1932–1936 | Germany (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1936–1942 | Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| 1945–1946 | Eintracht Frankfurt (interim) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1964 | West Germany | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Josef "Sepp" Herberger (28 March 1897 – 28 April 1977) was a German football player and manager. He is most famous for being the manager of the West Germany national team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup final, a match later dubbed The Miracle of Bern, defeating the overwhelming favourites from Hungary. Previously he had also coached the Breslau Eleven, one of the greatest teams in German football history.