Hans Tilkowski

Who is Hans Tilkowski?

Hans Tilkowski is a former German footballer.

The goalkeeper started his career with VfL Husen 19 and SuS Kaiserau.

Then he left for Westfalia Herne. While there he played 18 times for the Germany national football team. His next team was Borussia Dortmund. From 1963 to 1967 he played 81 times in the German Bundesliga for Dortmund as well as 21 times for the German National Football Team. He was superseded at the national team by Sepp Maier.

His career ended playing for Eintracht Frankfurt.

Tilkowski won the DFB-Pokal with Dortmund 1965 and the European Cup of National Cup-Winners in 1966.

He was honoured as German player of the year in 1965.

Tilkowski was a member of the World Cup teams of 1962 and 1966. In 1962 he was only the backup-keeper. Coach Herberger took the young Wolfgang Fahrian as number one.

In 1966 Tilkowski was the No. 1 goalkeeper of the West German team which lost the World Cup Final against England. He later took up coaching, taking charge of 1. FC Nürnberg, Werder Bremen and 1. FC Saarbrücken.