Hermann Lindemann

{{Short description|German football manager (1910–2002)}}

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| name = Hermann Lindemann

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|10|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Philippsthal, German Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|07|23|1910|10|29|df=yes}}

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| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1928

| youthclubs1 = VfL Philippsthal

| years1 = 1928–1931

| clubs1 = VfL Philippsthal

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| years2 = 1931–1932

| clubs2 = FSV Frankfurt

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| years3 = 1932–1933

| clubs3 = VfB Leipzig

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| years4 = 1933–1937

| clubs4 = Kickers Offenbach

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| years5 = 1937–1939

| clubs5 = Eintracht Frankfurt

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| years6 = 1939

| clubs6 = VfL Germania 1894

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| years7 = 1939–1942

| clubs7 = BSG IG Farben Frankfurt

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| years8 = 1942–1946

| clubs8 = Eintracht Frankfurt

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| years9 = 1943–1944

| clubs9 = → WTSV Schweinfurt (loan)

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| years10= 1946

| clubs10= Union Niederrad

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| manageryears1 = 1939

| managerclubs1 = Fram

| manageryears2 = 1946–1948

| managerclubs2 = Viktoria Aschaffenburg

| manageryears3 = 1948–1949

| managerclubs3 = Sportfreunde Siegen

| manageryears4 = 1949–1951

| managerclubs4 = FSV Frankfurt

| manageryears5 = 1951–1955

| managerclubs5 = Alemannia Aachen

| manageryears6 = 1955–1957

| managerclubs6 = Meidericher SV

| manageryears7 = 1957–1960

| managerclubs7 = Fortuna Düsseldorf

| manageryears8 = 1960–1961

| managerclubs8 = Eintracht Braunschweig

| manageryears9 = 1961–1963

| managerclubs9 = VfL Bochum

| manageryears10= 1963–1964

| managerclubs10= Duisburger SV

| manageryears11= 1964–1965

| managerclubs11= Eintracht Duisburg 1848

| manageryears12= 1965–1966

| managerclubs12= Young Fellows Zürich

| manageryears13= 1966–1967

| managerclubs13= Hamborn 07

| manageryears14= 1967–1969

| managerclubs14= Waldhof Mannheim

| manageryears15= 1969–1970

| managerclubs15= Borussia Dortmund

| manageryears16= 1970

| managerclubs16= Alemannia Aachen

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Hermann Lindemann (29 October 1910{{spaced ndash}}23 July 2002) was a German football player and later manager. He played for a number of German club sides, before participating in an all-star team tour of Iceland in the summer of 1938 while playing as a striker for Eintracht Frankfurt. During the trip he was invited to coach the Icelandic side Fram.{{cite web|url=http://kaninka.net/stefan/2007/12/19/%C3%BEjalfaratal-fram/ |title=Um tilgangsleysi allra hluta » Blog Archive » Þjálfaratal Fram |publisher=Kaninka.net |date=19 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423222602/http://kaninka.net/stefan/2007/12/19/%C3%BEjalfaratal-fram/ |archive-date=23 April 2008 }} His managing career continued at Borussia Dortmund, which he managed from 1969 to 1970.{{cite web|url=http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/lindemannhermann/ |title=Hermann Lindemann – Trainer bei Borussia Dortmund – Bundesliga 1969/1970 – Fussballdaten – Die Fußballdatenbank |publisher=Fussballdaten.de }} He was inducted into the Fram Hall of Fame for helping the club in 1939 win its first champions title in Úrvalsdeild for fourteen years.