Franz Roth

{{Infobox football biography

| image = FranzBulleRoth001.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Bulle Roth playing for Bayern.

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1946|4|27}}

| death_date =

| height = 1.79 m{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/franz-roth/spieler/bundesliga/1968-69/fc-bayern-muenchen | title = Roth, Franz | language = de | magazine = Kicker | access-date = 9 May 2013}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1964

| youthclubs1 = TSV Bertoldshofen

| youthyears2 = 1964–1966

| youthclubs2 = SpVgg Kaufbeuren

| years1 = 1966–1978

| clubs1 = FC Bayern Munich

| caps1 = 322

| goals1 = 72

| years2 = 1978–1979

| clubs2 = SV Casino Salzburg

| caps2 = 31

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1980

| clubs3 = SV Sandhausen

| caps3 = 8

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1980–1985

| clubs4 = TSV Mindelheim

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| totalcaps = 371

| totalgoals = 73

| nationalyears1 = 1967–1970

| nationalteam1 = West Germany

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1969

| nationalteam2 = West Germany U-23

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

}}

Franz "Bulle" Roth (born 27 April 1946 in Memmingen) is a former German footballer. He earned four caps for the Germany national football team{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/froth-intl.html | title = Franz Roth – International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 31 January 2019 | access-date = 1 February 2019 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} and was nicknamed "the Bull" due to his physical playing style.

Career

Roth was a big game player and had a knack of scoring important goals in massive games for Bayern Munich. He scored the only goal of the 1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final against Rangers in extra time, which was enough to give Bayern victory, and their first triumph in European competition.{{cite web | url = http://www.merkur-online.de/sport/fc-bayern/franz-bulle-roth-kraft-muss-geburt-haben-1219525.html | title = Franz "Bulle" Roth: "Kraft muss man von Geburt an haben" | language = de | publisher = merkur-online.de | date = 26 April 2011 | access-date = 9 May 2013}} He opened the scoring in the 1975 European Cup Final win over Leeds United, a game in which Roth won the midfield battle against Billy Bremner. Roth scored for the third time in the final of a European competition, with his 57th-minute strike against AS Saint-Étienne 1976 European Cup Final enough to give Bayern a 1–0 victory, and retain the European Cup for the third straight season.{{cite web | url = https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0252-0cda61c4e92c-4a5416e93b00-1000--1975-76-roth-completes-bayern-hat-trick/ | title = 1975/76: Roth completes Bayern hat-trick | publisher = UEFA | date = 12 May 1976 | access-date = 9 May 2013 }}

On the domestic scene he scored 72 goals in 322 West German top-flight matches.{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/players/frothdata.html | title = Franz Roth – Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 31 January 2019 | access-date = 1 February 2019 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}} With Roth FC Bayern won 4 Bundesliga titles.

Roth is one of the most decorated players in Bayern's history and has been voted into their Hall of Fame.{{cite web | url = http://www.fcbayern.telekom.de/de/verein/ev/hall_of_fame/index.php | title = Hall of Fame | language = de | publisher = FC Bayern Munich | access-date = 9 May 2013}}