Reinhard Lauck

Reinhard Lauck
Lauck in 1974
Personal information
Birth name Reinhard Lauck
Date of birth (1946-09-16)16 September 1946
Place of birth Sielow, Soviet occupation zone of Germany
Date of death 22 October 1997(1997-10-22) (aged 51)
Place of death Berlin, Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
1958–1960 SG Sielow
1960–1963 ASG Vorwärts Cottbus
1963–1965 SC Cottbus (de)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1966 SC Cottbus 19 (8)
1966–1967 ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg (de) 32 (5)
1967–1968 Energie Cottbus 17 (3)
1968–1973 Union Berlin 131 (21)
1973–1981 BFC Dynamo 152 (29)
Total 351 (66)
International career
1964–1965 East Germany U18 (de) 5 (0)
1967–1969 East Germany U23 3 (0)
1975–1976 East Germany Olympic 7 (0)
1973–1977 East Germany 33 (3)
Medal record
Representing  East Germany
Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place1976 MontrealTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Reinhard Lauck (16 September 1946 – 22 October 1997), often nicknamed Mäcki, was a German footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born on 16 September 1946, in Sielow, Lauck began playing football in 1958 in a local club SG Sielow. From 1960 to 1963 he played for ASG Vorwärts Cottbus and in 1965 he made his professional debut for SC Cottbus. Later, he played for ASG Vorwärts Neubrandenburg (1966–67), Energie Cottbus (1967–68), Union Berlin (1968–73) and BFC Dynamo (1973–81) in more than 250 East German top-flight matches.[1] Lauck was voted the 1974 and 1976 BFC Footballer of the Year at the 9th and 11th editions of the club's traditional annual ball in the Dynamo-Sporthalle at the beginning of the new year.[2][3] He led BFC Dynamo to win three East German championships in a row, the first three of overall ten consecutive league titles for the Wine Reds.

International career

Lauck signing autographs with Bernd Bransch and Gerd Kische (from left to right), June 1974

On the national level, Lauck represented the GDR youth selections from 1964 to 1969. In 1973, he made his debut for the full East Germany national team (33 matches/three goals),[4] and was a participant at the 1974 FIFA World Cup. During the 1974 World Cup, Lauck excelled in the famous 1–0 victory of his East Germany side over later world champion West Germany. In 1976, he was in the East German team which won the gold medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he was a vital part of the team.

Personal life

After his playing days, Lauck worked in the trade he had originally learned, as a locksmith, as well as a construction worker and as a coal hauler, while also struggling increasingly with alcoholism. In October 1997, Lauck was found lying on a street in Berlin, suffering from severe head injuries and with alcohol in his system. After spending two weeks in a coma, he died on 22 October 1997, at the age of just 51.[5]

Frank "Wuschi" Rohde, former colleague player, cites Reinhard Lauck as a role model for him at BFC Dynamo.[6]

Honours

Club

BFC Dynamo

National team

East Germany

References

  1. ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (1 February 2018). "Reinhard Lauck – Matches and Goals in Oberliga". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Reinhard Lauck BFC-Fußballer des Jahres" (PDF). Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (de) (in German). Vol. 1975, no. 2. Berlin: DFV der DDR. 14 January 1975. p. 16. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Schlegel, Klaus (11 January 1977). "Das Bewährte wird bewahrt" (PDF). Neue Fußballwoche (FuWo) (de) (in German). Vol. 1977, no. 2. Berlin: DFV der DDR. p. 2. ISSN 0323-8407. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (1 February 2018). "Reinhard Lauck – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Reinhard Lauck – GDR". Olympics.com. Retrieved 17 July 2026.
  6. ↑ Jahn, Michael (15 January 2016). "Interview mit Frank Rohde und Thomas Doll: BFC Dynamo feiert 50. Geburtstag". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Berlin: Berliner Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
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