Theo Diegelmann

Theo Diegelmann
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-11-23)23 November 1939
Place of birth Germany
Date of death 26 May 2026(2026-05-26) (aged 86)
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1964 Borussia Fulda 38
1964–1968 SSV Reutlingen 05 134 (1)
1968–1971 VfL Bochum 81
1971–1972 1. FC Nürnberg 13
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Theo Diegelmann (23 November 1939 – 26 May 2026) was a German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[1][2] From 1963 to 1972 he amassed 266 appearances in the Regionalliga, in this time the second tier of the league system in Germany.[3]

Career

Diegelmann could three times qualify for the promotion round to the Bundesliga. The third time he reached the promotion, but he came to no insert in the Bundesliga. The greatest surprise however was the second place with the SSV Reutlingen behind Bayern Munich in the 1964–65 Regionalliga and the second place too in the following promotion round behind Borussia Mönchengladbach – so they were defeated in turn only by the both most famous and successful German clubs of the 1970s.

From 1963 until 1970 Diegelmann was ever first-choice goalkeeper of his clubs.

Death

Diegelmann died on 26 May 2026, at the age of 86.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Theo Diegelmann" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Unvergessener Torwart Theo Digelmann [sic] ist 70" (in German). Südwest Presse. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Diegelmann" (in German). genderlei.de. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Der VfL trauert um Theo Diegelmann". vfl-bochum.de, 29 May 2026 (in German). Retrieved 30 May 2026.
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