- Egon Loy
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playername= Egon Loy
fullname = Egon Loy
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1931|5|14
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countryofbirth =Germany
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position = Goalkeeper
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years = -1954
1954-1967
clubs =TSV 04 Schwabach Eintracht Frankfurt
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278 (0)
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manageryears =Egon Loy (born
May 14 1931 ) is a German former professional football goalkeeper.Early career
Egon Loy spent the first years of his senior career in
Schwabach near Nuremberg. From local side TSV 04 Schwabach he was promoted to the first Bavarian amateur league. Until 1954 he played with his home club in the highest amateur tier of Bavaria. Loy was the backing of the Bavarian association selection and won theLänderpokal of the amateurs three times from 1952 until 1954.Erich Bäumler ,Ludwig Hinterstocker andJohann Zeitler were the strikers, scoring many goals. OnMay 30 1954 Loy played for theGermany national amateur football team in Longwy against France. It was the only amateur international match in 1954, ending 0-0. In the 1954-55 season he moved to Eintracht Frankfurt. His team mate from the Bavaria selection, Erich Bäumler, also signed with the Hessian club.Eintracht Frankfurt, 1954 until 1967
His debut in the Oberliga Süd led the former amateur on
August 22 1954 to the local "Mainderby" atBieberer Berg in Offenbach. Egon Loy played well at the 1-0 away win and could secure a regular spot. He played 28 times for Eintracht and finished the season as fourth. The Frank had an heavy knee injury and could only play one match in his second Eintracht season in 1955-56 and even in the 1956-57 campaign he had to fight for his comeback. The next season he recovered. Egon Loy absolved all 30 Oberliga fixtures and finished third. OnNovember 17 1957 he got a call up for the South German selection against South West Germany. For the 1958/59 season former Offenbach managerPaul Oßwald moved to Frankfurt. The squad from Riederwald won the South German championship and lost not a point in the final round, advancing to the German championship final.On
June 28 1959 Loy and his team mates won the German championship 5-3 after overtime againstKickers Offenbach in Berlin. In 1959-60 the Frankfurt play in the European Cup competition. The semi final matches against Scottish side Rangers onApril 13 andMay 5 1960 were especially impressive. After a sensational 6-1 win at home, Eintracht then won 6-3 atIbrox Park in Glasgow 6-3. The final match onMay 18 atHampden Park against the title holderReal Madrid was a football festival, despite the 3-7 loss.Alfredo di Stefano undFerenc Puskás showed why they were considered as the biggest stars of the competition. In the last three season of the Oberliga Süd from 1960-61 until 1962-63, Loy appeared in all 90 fixtures. In the next two campaigns of the new foundedFußball-Bundesliga , 1963-64 and 1964-65, the Schwabach native was still an unchallenged regular between the Eintracht pipes. He also played in Stuttgart the DFB cup final onJune 13 1964 against1860 München . The "Lions" won 2-0 against Frankfurt. From 1965-66 on the former amateur national goal keeperPeter Kunter who came fromEintracht Wetzlar became number one of the "Eagles. Loy played his last Bundesliga match onOctober 8 1966 against MSV Duisburg.Totally Egon Loy played 69 Bundesliga between 1963 and 1966.
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