Bernhard Klodt

Bernhard "Berni" Klodt (26 October 1926 – 23 May 1996) was a German football player. He was born in Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck; the goalkeeper Hans Klodt was his brother.

Bernhard Klodt

Personal information
Full name	Bernhard Klodt
Date of birth	26 October 1926
Place of birth	Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck, Germany
Date of death	23 May 1996 (aged 69)
Place of death	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1943–1948	Schalke 04	59	(29)
1948–1950	STV Horst Emscher	53	(18)
1950–1963	Schalke 04	306	(121)
Total		418	(168)
National team
1950–1959	West Germany	19	(3)
Honours Representing  West Germany FIFA World Cup Winner 1954 Switzerland
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

In his club career, Klodt played mainly for FC Schalke 04.[1] He debuted in the senior team of the club on 17 January 1943 at the age of 16, where he scored a goal in a 6–2 victory over Westfalia Herne.[2]

Aged 36, Klodt ended his career in 1963 with the start of the Bundesliga. In his last game, he scored the only goal in Schalke's 1–0 victory against the Bulgarian national team on 18 June 1963.[3] He played in 330 Oberliga West games in which he scored 129 goals.[1]

Between 1950 and 1959, Klodt played 19 times and scored three goals for the Germany national football team.[4] He was part of the 1954 FIFA World Cup-winning squad, and also played in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

During the 1954 World Cup, Klodt had started in the outside right position instead of Helmut Rahn. He played in both games against Turkey. Although he played fairly well in both games, Sepp Herberger decided to replace him with Rahn for the quarterfinal against Yugoslavia. Herberger's decision at first was not exclusively greeted with enthusiasm by the press, but after Rahn had scored against Yugoslavia, Klodt was out of the team for good. The basis for Herberger's decision was his hope that Rahn with his unconventional style and shooting prowess was more likely to turn around a game than any other player. Contrary to Rahn, Klodt was said to be less of an individualist and more of a teamplayer.[3]

After football

After his retirement from football, Klodt among other things coached the youth team of FC Schalke 04 and also worked as salesman for a brewery. After suffering a heart attack and a stroke in 1990, he was paralysed from the right.[3]

Career statistics

Club

Ref.[1][2]

Club	Season	League			German Champ'ship		Cup		Europe		Other[lower-alpha 1]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Schalke 04	1942–43	Gauliga Westfalen	3	2	1	0	—		—		5	0	9	2
	1943–44	Gauliga Westfalen	11	5	1	0	2	0	—		1	0	15	5
	1944–45	Gauliga Westfalen	0	0	—		—		—		—		0	0
	1945–46	Landesliga Westfalen	5	2	—		—		—		—		5	2
	1946–47	Landesliga Westfalen	16	12	—		—		—		5	0	21	12
	1947–48	Oberliga West	24	8	—		—		—		—		24	8
	Total		59	29	2	0	2	0	—		11	0	74	29
STV Horst-Emscher	1948–49	Oberliga West	24	10	—		—		—		—		24	10
	1949–50	Oberliga West	29	8	1	1	—		—		—		30	9
	Total		53	18	1	1	—		—		—		54	19
Schalke 04	1950–51	Oberliga West	26	8	2	0	—		—		—		28	8
	1951–52	Oberliga West	28	16	6	2	—		—		—		34	18
	1952–53	Oberliga West	26	9	—		1	0	—		—		27	9
	1953–54	Oberliga West	29	12	—		—		—		—		29	12
	1954–55	Oberliga West	26	5	—		5	0	—		—		31	5
	1955–56	Oberliga West	28	13	6	2	—		—		1	0	35	15
	1956–57	Oberliga West	28	12	—		—		—		2	0	30	12
	1957–58	Oberliga West	28	15	4	5	—		—		—		32	20
	1958–59	Oberliga West	28	9	—		—		7	3	2	2	37	14
	1959–60	Oberliga West	20	4	—		—		—		1	0	21	4
	1960–61	Oberliga West	14	6	—		—		—		—		14	6
	1961–62	Oberliga West	25	12	4	1	0	0	—		2	1	31	14
	1962–63	Oberliga West	0	0	—		0	0	—		1	0	1	0
	Total		306	121	22	10	6	0	7	3	9	3	350	137
Schalke 04 total			365	150	24	10	8	0	7	3	20	3	424	166
Career total			418	168	25	11	8	0	7	3	20	3	478	185

1. Includes Westphalian Cup (1943–1944), Westphalian / British zone championship (1947), Western German Cup (1955–1963)

International

Germany
Year	Apps	Goals
1950	1	0
1951	1	0
1952	3	1
1953	0	0
1954	6	1
1955	0	0
1956	2	0
1957	1	0
1958	4	1
1959	1	0
Total	19	3

Honours

Club

Schalke 04

• German Championship: 1958

International

West Germany

• FIFA World Cup: 1954

References

1. "Berni Klodt » Club matches". worldfootball.net.
2. FC Schalke 04 (2015). Königsblau: Die Geschichte des FC Schalke 04. Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-7307-0204-8.
3. Bitter, Jürgen (1997). Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler (in German). Sportverlag. p. 241f.
4. "Bernhard Klodt" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2010.