Career
He debuted professionally in 1939 with Rot-Weiss Essen. In his first stint with the club, he played for six seasons. He left the club in 1945 to play for a year for Preußen Essen.
At the end of the 1945/1946 season, he returned to the Rot-Weiss Essen, where he played for another nine seasons.
In this second stint with Rot-Weiss Essen he scored 99 goals in 186 matches.