Overview
- FC Schalke 04 announced the death of Manfred Kreuz at age 90 and praised him as a defining figure in a formal tribute.
- He scored in the 3-0 win over Hamburger SV in the 1958 final, sealing the club’s seventh and most recent national title late in the match.
- He captained Schalke through 1968 and logged 135 Oberliga games with 42 goals, plus 83 Bundesliga appearances with 16 goals.
- After retiring, he coached Schalke’s amateurs, sat on the club’s honorary council from 1999 to 2013, and held the titles of honorary captain and member of the honorary presidium.
- Discovered by Schalke great Ernst Kuzorra in the mid-1950s, the Gelsenkirchen native came from an era when players held day jobs, including his work at the tax office.