Egidius Braun

Egidius Braun
8th President of the DFB
In office
24 October 1992 (1992-10-24) – 28 April 2001 (2001-04-28)
Preceded byHermann Neuberger
Succeeded byGerhard Mayer-Vorfelder
Personal details
Born(1925-02-27)27 February 1925
Breinig, Germany
Died16 March 2022(2022-03-16) (aged 97)
Aachen, Germany

Egidius Braun (27 February 1925 – 16 March 2022) was a German sports administrator who served as the eighth president of the German Football Association (German: Deutscher Fußball-Bund, DFB) from 1992 to 2001.[1] Subsequently, he was appointed Honorary President.[2] That same year, Braun founded the "DFB Foundation Egidius Braun", which takes care of distressed youth. Furthermore, the "Egidius-Braun Award" is awarded by the WDR. In 1985, he was awarded the Grand Cross with Star and Sash of the Bundesverdienstkreuz.[3]

  1. ^ "Portrait" (in German). DFB-Stiftung Egidius Braun. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Mayer-Vorfelder: "Werde kein halber Chef sein"". Faz.net (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 2 February 2001. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Vita Dr. h.c. Egidius Braun". DFB-Stiftung Egidius Braun. Retrieved 15 February 2010.