Hans-Jürgen Becher

Hans-Jürgen Becher
Personal information
Date of birth (1941-09-21)21 September 1941
Place of birth Gelsenkirchen, Gau Westphalia-North, Germany
Date of death 13 April 2026(2026-04-13) (aged 84)
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
1956–1960 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1971 Schalke 04 233 (4)
1971–1974 Eintracht Gelsenkirchen 70 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hans-Jürgen Becher (21 September 1941 – 13 April 2026) was a German footballer who played as a defender.[1] He completed 32 matches in the Oberliga West and made 201 appearances in the Bundesliga for Schalke 04.

Becher died on 13 April 2026, at the age of 84.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Hans-Jürgen Becher". worldfootball.net.
  2. ↑ Neubaum, Norbert (3 June 2026). "Schalke trauert um Hans-Jürgen Becher Eigengewächs und Startelf-Spieler beim S04-Bundesligadebüt" [Schalke mourns the loss of Hans-Jürgen Becher, a product of the club’s youth system and a first-team regular for S04’s Bundesliga debut]. Ruhr Nachrichten (in German). Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Schalke 04 trauert um Hans-Jürgen Becher". schalke04.de, 16 April 2026 (in German). Retrieved 26 April 2026.