{{Short description|German footballer (1935–2020)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Hans Tilkowski | image = Hans Tilkowski.jpg | caption = Tilkowski in 2005 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|07|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Husen, Dortmund, Germany | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|1|5|1935|07|12|df=y}} | death_place = | height = 1.82 m<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe42608/hans-tilkowski/ | title = Hans Tilkowski | publisher = worldfootball.net | access-date = 26 November 2012}}</ref> | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1955–1962 | clubs1 = Westfalia Herne | caps1 = 219 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1963–1967 | clubs2 = Borussia Dortmund | caps2 = 81 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 1967–1970 | clubs3 = Eintracht Frankfurt | caps3 = 40 | goals3 = 0 | totalcaps = 340 | totalgoals = 0 | nationalyears1 = 1957–1967 | nationalteam1 = West Germany | nationalcaps1 = 39 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 1970 | managerclubs1 = Werder Bremen | manageryears2 = 1970–1972 | managerclubs2 = 1860 Munich | manageryears3 = 1973–1976 | managerclubs3 = 1. FC Nürnberg | manageryears4 = 1976–1977 | managerclubs4 = Werder Bremen | manageryears5 = 1978 | managerclubs5 = 1. FC Saarbrücken | manageryears6 = 1981–1982 | managerclubs6 = AEK Athens | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}} {{Medal|Country|{{fb|FRG}}}} {{Medal|Comp|FIFA World Cup}} {{Medal|RU|1966 England|}} }}
'''Hans Tilkowski''' (12 July 1935 – 5 January 2020) was a German football player and manager. A goalkeeper.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/tilkowskihans/ | title = Hans Tilkowski | language = de | publisher = fussballdaten.de | access-date = 19 June 2010}}</ref> he played for West Germany, and was a member of the team that lost the 1966 World Cup final to England.
==Career== Born 1935 in Husen, Dortmund, Tilkowski started football at age 11 with SV Husen 19, originally as a right winger. He switched to the goalkeeper position and joined SuS Kaiserau in 1949. He started his professional career with the team in 1952, then joined Westfalia Herne in 1955.<ref name="zeit">{{cite news |title=Torwart Hans Tilkowski ist tot |url=https://www.zeit.de/sport/2020-01/hans-tilkowski-nationaltorhueter-wm-webley-gestorben |access-date=6 January 2020 |work=Die Zeit |date=6 January 2020 |language=de}}</ref> With Herne, he won the Oberliga West in 1959. His next team was Borussia Dortmund. From 1963 to 1967 he played 81 times in the West German Bundesliga for Dortmund.<ref name=tagesschau>{{cite news |title=Hans Tilkowski ist gestorben |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/sport/sportschau/tilkowski-bvb-101.html |access-date=6 January 2020 |work=Tagesschau |date=6 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106145933/https://www.tagesschau.de/sport/sportschau/tilkowski-bvb-101.html |archive-date=6 January 2020 |language=de |url-status=live }}</ref> Tilkowski won the DFB-Pokal with Dortmund in 1965<ref name="zeit"/> and the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup.<ref name=tagesschau/> He was chosen German Footballer of the Year in 1965.<ref name="zeit"/> Tilkowski was regarded as one of the world's best goalkeepers during the mid-1960s.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://de.fifa.com/worldcup/news/1966er-endspieltorwart-tilkowski-gestorben | title = 1966er-Endspieltorwart Tilkowski gestorben | language = de | website = FIFA.com | date = 6 January 2020 | access-date = 6 January 2020}}</ref>
Tilkowski debuted for the West Germany national team in 1957.<ref name="zeit"/> He was expected to be the first-choice keeper for the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile, but was demoted by coach Sepp Herberger the day before the opening match. Tilkowski destroyed his hotel room in anger and did not play for the national team for two years, but was eventually called up again. Under Herberger's successor Helmut Schön, Tilkowski was the first-choice in goal for the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England.<ref name="spiegel">{{cite news |title=Nachruf auf Hans Tilkowski: Und er war nicht drin |url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/hans-tilkowski-und-er-war-nicht-drin-nachruf-auf-einen-grossen-torwart-a-1303805.html |access-date=6 January 2020 |work=Der Spiegel |date=6 January 2020 |language=de}}</ref> The team would lose the final 4–2 to the hosts.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/tilkowski-intl.html | title = Hans Tilkowski - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 3 October 2004 | access-date = 4 July 2013 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> The final was remembered as English forward Geoff Hurst scored his controversial second goal en route to a hat-trick. In the 101st minute, 11 minutes into the extra time, Hurst's shot hit the crossbar, the ball then bounced on the ground before being cleared by defender Wolfgang Weber. The goal was given by referee Gottfried Dienst after consultation with linesman Tofiq Bahramov, giving England a 3–2 lead. Photographic evidence would later show that the ball did not cross the line.<ref name=tagesschau/> Unlike most of his team-mates, Tilkowski never resigned himself to the decision, pointing out whenever he could that it was flawed – though with a sense of humour. In 2009 he agreed to unveil a statue in Azerbaijan of Tofiq Bahramov, the linesman who had indicated that the goal should stand.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Obituary|date=13 January 2020|work=Daily Telegraph}}</ref> He played for West Germany another year, before being superseded in the national team by Sepp Maier.<ref name="spiegel"/>
Tilkowski ended his playing career with Eintracht Frankfurt.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/tilkowskidata.html | title = Hans Tilkowski - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 2 May 2013 | access-date = 4 July 2013 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref>
He later took up coaching, taking charge of 1. FC Nürnberg, Werder Bremen and AEK Athens, among other clubs.<ref name="zeit"/>
==Personal life== One of three children,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://11freunde.de/artikel/derby-1950-die-regale-wackeln/419525 | title = Derby 1950: Die Regale wackeln | language = de | website = 11freunde.de | date = 26 November 2011 | access-date = 17 September 2020 | first = Gregor | last = Schnittker}}</ref> Tilkowski was born in Dortmund on 12 July 1935. His father, a miner, was descended from the many workers who had left Poland to seek work in the industries of the Ruhr.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bpb.de/apuz/283266/fussball-und-zuwanderung-im-ruhrgebiet?p=all | title = Die Nummer 10 mit Migrationshintergrund. Fußball und Zuwanderung im Ruhrgebiet | website = Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung | date = 4 January 2019 | access-date = 17 September 2020 | first = Diethelm | last = Blecking}}</ref>
Tilkowski grew up in straitened circumstances. He enjoyed boxing as a boy, and he initially played football as a winger before finding his calling when his team lacked a goalkeeper. He became an apprentice locksmith, then joined Westfalia Herne in 1955.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Obituary|date=13 January 2020|work=Daily Telegraph}}</ref>
In June 1959, he married Luise; they had two sons and one daughter.<ref>{{cite book | first = Hans | last = Tilkowski | title = Und ewig fällt das Wembley-Tor | language = de | page = 203}}</ref>
Tilkowski died on 5 January 2020 at age 84 after a long illness.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.time24.news/2020/01/wembley-goalkeeper-hans-tilkowski-is-dead.html | title = Wembley goalkeeper Hans Tilkowski is dead | language = de | website = Time24 | date = 6 January 2020 | access-date = 6 January 2020 | archive-date = 8 January 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200108004636/https://www.time24.news/2020/01/wembley-goalkeeper-hans-tilkowski-is-dead.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>
==Honours== '''Borussia Dortmund''' * DFB-Pokal: 1964–65 * European Cup Winners' Cup: 1965–66 * Bundesliga runner-up: 1965–66
'''West Germany''' * FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1966
'''Individual''' * Footballer of the Year (Germany): 1965<ref>{{cite web |title=Fußballer des Jahres seit 1960: Die Siegerliste |url=https://www.kicker.de/fussballer_des_jahres_seit_1960_die_siegerliste-540838/artikel |website=Kicker |access-date=7 January 2020 |language=de-DE}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{WorldFootball.net|hans-tilkowski}} *{{Fussballdaten|tilkowskihans}}
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