Career
His nicknames were Sepp and Pötschge. During his career he played for Bayern Munich and had 14 appearances for Germany. Pöttinger debuted with 16 years in the first team of Bayern Munich.
He was a striker, renowned for his technical excellence.
His opponents" difficulties to stop him often resulted in brutal fouls, which led to constant injuries for Pöttinger and eventually to an early end of his career. 1928 was the year of his greatest success with the club, when they reached the semifinals of the German championship.
He had to end his career in 1930 due to knee-injury. His first game for the German national team was on 18 April 1926 in Düsseldorf against the Netherlands.
He participated with his team in the Olympic Games 1928.
Pöttinger coached the VfB Pankow, 1. SV Jena, Teutonia Munich, VfB Stuttgart, Football Club Bayern Munich, 1. Football Club Lichtenfels, and British Columbia Augsburg.