Heinz Vollmar

Heinz Vollmar (26 April 1936 – 12 October 1987)[2] was a Saarland and German football player.[3]

Heinz Vollmar
Personal information
Date of birth (1936-04-26)26 April 1936
Place of birth Germany
Date of death 12 October 1987(1987-10-12) (aged 51)
Place of death St. Ingbert, West Germany[1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1960 SV St. Ingbert 1945OL Südwest
1960–1963 1. FC SaarbrückenOL Südwest
1963–1965 1. FC SaarbrückenBundesliga 23 (3)
International career
1955–1956 Saarland 4 (4)
1956–1961 West Germany 12 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vollmar belongs to those Germany international players (war-year examples include Ernest Wilimowski, Franz Binder, Max Merkel; latest examples include Ulf Kirsten, Andreas Thom, Matthias Sammer etc.) that have represented other nations in their international career as well. He was a tricky winger who mostly played in the outside left position.

Vollmar was a citizen of Saarland, what came under French protectorate after World War II, and wore the Saarland colours four times, scoring four in these matches. His final Saarland appearance happened under then Saarland coach Helmut Schön less than a month before his first West Germany match under coach Sepp Herberger: On 6 June 1956, Saarland lost 2–3 to the Netherlands in Amsterdam with Vollmar scoring one goal that evening.

With the population of Saarland to join West Germany, via a referendum taken place already in 1955, Vollmar's first of twelve West Germany caps was on 30 June 1956, in Stockholm versus Sweden. He scored his first of three goals against Belgium six months later. Despite the fact a year had passed since his final West Germany match, Heinz Vollmar was part of the West German squad at the 1962 FIFA World Cup.

References
  1. "Biografie von Heinz Vollmar" (in German). temporati.de. Archived from the original on 9 January 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  2. Martin Neu. "Die Spieler der saarländischen Fußball-Nationalmannschaft" (in German). Saar Nostalgie. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  3. "Vollmar, Heinz". kicker (in German). Retrieved 12 June 2011.


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