German football is mourning the loss of Wilfried Straub. The former DFB vice president and director passed away on Monday at the age of 77.
“All of us here at the DFB are saddened at the news of Wilfried Straub’s death,” said DFB president Reinhard Grindel. “Our honorary member made an outstanding contribution to professional football both in and outside of Germany during his time at our association, and later at the German Football League. The whole of German football will keep fond memories of him.”
Wilfried Straub joined the DFB in 1968 as a department head and became league secretary one year later. He then spent ten years as the director of the DFB league, marketing and finance department, playing a big part in the development of the Bundesliga in recent decades.
He was named as an honorary DFB member at an extraordinary congress in Frankfurt am Main in 2006. In the same year, he was given the Honorary Presidential Award by then UEFA president Lennart Johansson for his work growing the Eastern European football associations.
German football is mourning the loss of Wilfried Straub. The former DFB vice president and director passed away on Monday at the age of 77.
“All of us here at the DFB are saddened at the news of Wilfried Straub’s death,” said DFB president Reinhard Grindel. “Our honorary member made an outstanding contribution to professional football both in and outside of Germany during his time at our association, and later at the German Football League. The whole of German football will keep fond memories of him.”
Wilfried Straub joined the DFB in 1968 as a department head and became league secretary one year later. He then spent ten years as the director of the DFB league, marketing and finance department, playing a big part in the development of the Bundesliga in recent decades.
He was named as an honorary DFB member at an extraordinary congress in Frankfurt am Main in 2006. In the same year, he was given the Honorary Presidential Award by then UEFA president Lennart Johansson for his work growing the Eastern European football associations.
