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Born on April 4, 1925 in Dortmund, Province of Westphalia, Germany, Dettmar Cramer was an association football player, non-fiction writer and association football coach. Death is recorded on September 17, 2015, at the age of 90. Listed accolades include Medal of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Dettmar Cramer was listed at 161 cm.
My Take
Dettmar Cramer is one of those figures who quietly shaped football history on multiple continents, and I find him endlessly fascinating. Born in Dortmund in 1925, this compact German coach somehow ended up being the single most important person in the development of Japanese football — earning the title "father of Japanese football" — before that was even a particularly cool thing to do. He also guided Bayern Munich to back-to-back European Cups in 1975 and 1976, which alone would cement most careers. But Cramer was always restless, always teaching, bouncing from Japan to Egypt to the United States at a time when no ambitious German coach felt any pressure to do that. He passed away in 2015, and I genuinely think the global football world underrates just how far his reach extended. A true football missionary in the best possible sense.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Dettmar Cramer
- Name (Japanese)
- デットマール・クラマー
- Reading
- でっとまーる・くらまー
- Born
- April 4, 1925 – September 17, 2015
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Ox
- Origin
- Dortmund, Province of Westphalia, Germany
- Height
- 161 cm
- Occupation
- association football player / non-fiction writer / association football coach / coach
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- Medal of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
3. Links
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Dettmar Cramer born?
Born April 4, 1925.
When did Dettmar Cramer die?
Died September 17, 2015, aged 90.
Where was Dettmar Cramer from?
Dettmar Cramer was from Dortmund, Province of Westphalia, Germany.
What did Dettmar Cramer do?
Dettmar Cramer worked as association football player, non-fiction writer, association football coach, coach.
How tall was Dettmar Cramer?
Dettmar Cramer was 161 cm.
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