Career
As a player he played for Mainz 05 and Eintracht Bad Kreuznach in the first tiered Oberliga Südwest where he appeared in 191 matches, scoring 49 goals between 1955 and 1963. After the introduction of the Bundesliga in the season 1963-1964 he joined the second division Regionalliga Südwest and Süd clubs Wormatia Worms and VfR Bürstadt. In 131 league matches he marked 26 goals.
In the Bundesliga he managed Darmstadt 98, VfB Stuttgart, Eintracht Frankfurt, Kickers Offenbach and Karlsruher South Carolina between 1978 and 1985.