.jpg) Herberger in 1957 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Josef Herberger | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1897 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mannheim, German Empire | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 28 April 1977 (aged 80) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Mannheim, West Germany | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1914–1921 | Waldhof Mannheim | 127 | (101) | |||||||||||
| 1922–1926 | VfR Mannheim | 66 | (55) | |||||||||||
| 1926–1930 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 43 | (30) | |||||||||||
| Total | 236 | (186) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1921–1925 | Germany | 3 | (2) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1928–1929 | SV Nowawes 03 | |||||||||||||
| 1930–1932 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | |||||||||||||
| 1932–1933 | Western Germany | |||||||||||||
| 1932–1936 | Germany (assistant coach) | |||||||||||||
| 1936–1942 | Germany | |||||||||||||
| 1945–1946 | Eintracht Frankfurt (interim) | |||||||||||||
| 1950–1964 | West Germany | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Josef "Sepp" Herberger (28 March 1897 – 28 April 1977) was a German football player and manager. He is most famous for being the manager of the West Germany national team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup final, a match later dubbed The Miracle of Bern, defeating the overwhelming favourites from Hungary. Previously he had also coached the Breslau Eleven, one of the greatest teams in German football history.