- SV Hindenburg Allenstein
Football club infobox
clubname = SV Hindenburg Allenstein
fullname = Standort-Sportvereinigung Hindenburg Allenstein
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founded = 1921
ground = Reiterkaserne
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league = Baltenverband
season = -
position = defunct
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leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FF0000|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=000000 |socks2=000000SV Hindenburg Allenstein was a German football club from the city of
Allenstein ,East Prussia (nowOlsztyn ,Poland ).__TOC__The club was formed in 1921 as "Sportvereinigung Hindenburg Allenstein" and was named for German Field Marshall and Reichs President
Paul von Hindenburg . Sometime in 1935 it became a military side and played as "Standort-Sportvereinigung Hindenburg Allenstein". The team first came to notice in 1932 by capturing the Baltenverband title and advancing to the national playoff round where they were put out in an eighthfinal match by "Eintracht Frankfurt " (0:6). They repeated as division champions again the next season and beat "Hertha Berlin " 4:1 on their way to a re-match with "Eintracht" in the quarterfinals. "Frankfurt" again came away victorious this time drubbing "Allenstein" by a 12:2 score. [Grüne, Hardy (2001). Vereinslexikon. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-89784-147-9]In 1933, German football was re-organized under the
Third Reich into sixteen top-flight regional divisions and "SV" joined theGauliga Ostpreußen . They finished atop their group within the division before going down 2:3 to "Preußen Danzig " in the division final. Now playing as "Standort-Sportvereinigung Hindenburg Allenstein", the team won the Gauliga Allenstein group within the Gauliga Ostpreußen in 1935, and this time emerged as overall division champions by beating "SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg " (2:0, 7:2). However, they fared poorly in their subsequent national playoff round appearance. "SSV" repeated their group and division wins in the 1936-37 season and again advanced to the opening round of the national playoffs, this time by defeating "Yorck Boyen Insterburg " (0:0, 7:0). The team also made appearances in play for the Tschammerspokal, predecessor to the present dayDFB-Pokal (German Cup) in three consecutive years from 1936-38. [Grüne, Hardy (1996). Vom Kronprinzen bis zur Bundesliga. Kassel: AGON Sportverlag ISBN 3-928562-85-1]"Allenstein" won the Gauliga Ostpreußen outright in 1939 and made one last appearance in the national playoffs before military sides were no longer permitted to take part in general competition. Following the end of
World War II in 1945 the club disappeared when the city and parts of East Prussia became part of Poland.Honours
* Baltenverband champions: 1932
*Gauliga Ostpreußen champions: 1936, 1937, 1939External links
* [http://www.beepworld.de/members87/oliver77fr/index.htm Der Fußball in Ostpreußen und Danzig] (en: Football in East Prussia and Danzig)
References
* [http://www.f-archiv.de/ Das deutsche Fußball-Archiv] historical German domestic league tables de icon
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