Former Bundesliga player and coach Willibert Kremer died on the night of December 24th at the age of 82. That shared his former club Viktoria Cologne on Christmas Day with. Kremer had played for Hertha BSC and MSV Duisburg in the Bundesliga. As a coach, he reached the cup final with MSV in 1975 and led Bayer Leverkusen 1979 promotion to the Bundesliga.
“Important advisor and lovable friend”
Leverkusen and Duisburg expressed condolences to Kremer’s family on Saturday. Christoph Daum, Bayer’s head coach from 1996 to 2000, wrote on Instagram: “During my coaching days at Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Willibert was an important advisor and a lovable friend.”
At Viktoria Kremer played under the later Cologne and Mönchengladbach master coach Hennes Weisweiler in the Oberliga West in the midfield. He later trained in Munich and Fortuna Düsseldorf in 1860, among others.
“Has shaped Viktoria Cologne”
“It was with deep dismay that we learned that our former player Willibert Kremer has passed away. He has always been an idol for Viktoria and has shaped the club on and off the pitch,” said Viktoria President Günter Pütz after the honorary member’s death.
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Status: December 26th, 2021, 8:55 am