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Paul Mebus (9 June 1920 – 11 December 1993) was a German footballer.

Paul Mebus

Personal information
Full name	Paul Mebus
Date of birth	(1920-06-09)9 June 1920
Place of birth	Düsseldorf-Benrath, Germany
Date of death	11 December 1993(1993-12-11) (aged 73)
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945–1951	VfL 06 Benrath
1951–1956	1. FC Köln
National team
1951–1954	West Germany	6	(0)
Honours Representing  West Germany FIFA World Cup Winner 1954 Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was part of the West German team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He earned six caps for West Germany[1] and played twice for the German 'B-team'. During his club career he played for VfL 06 Benrath and 1. FC Köln.[2]

Mebus was playing both as an inside forward and as a half back. In the latter role, he was considered to be one of the best in German football during the 1950s.[3] Although he was a technically sound player, he failed to become a regular for West Germany mostly because his fitness was not the best.[3] For Germany, he mostly played as a left half back, a position in which he had strong competition in Karl Mai. His only game in the 1954 FIFA World Cup was in the 3–8 defeat to Hungary. After that game West German coach Sepp Herberger caught Mebus singing under the shower. In face of the harsh defeat, this was unacceptable to Herberger and Mebus was not called up again by Herberger in the coming years.[4]

Mebus finished his career in 1956. Afterwards he started coaching SV Troisdorf 05 SC Euskirchen and SV Schlebusch in the 1960s as well as Tura Hennef, TuS Höhenhaus and Eitorf 09 in the 1970s. He died in 1993.

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[de] Paul Mebus

Paul Mebus (* 9. Juni 1920 in Rheine; † 8. Dezember 1993[1] in Köln) war ein deutscher Fußballspieler. Der zumeist als Außenläufer im damaligen WM-System eingesetzte Spieler absolvierte in der Fußballnationalmannschaft sechs A-Länderspiele in den Jahren 1951 und 1954 und nahm dabei auch an der Fußballweltmeisterschaft 1954 in der Schweiz teil. Der 1951 vom VfL Benrath aus der 2. Liga West zum 1. FC Köln gekommene Defensivakteur bestritt in der Fußball-Oberliga West bis 1956 für das „Geißbock-Team“ 91 Ligaspiele (1 Tor). 1954 gewann er mit seinem Team die Meisterschaft in der Oberliga West.[2]

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- [en] Paul Mebus

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[fr] Paul Mebus

Paul Mebus (9 juin 1920 à Rheine – 11 décembre 1993) est un footballeur international allemand ayant évolué dans le club du FC Cologne et remporté la Coupe du monde de football de 1954.

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[it] Paul Mebus

Paul Mebus (Benrath, 9 giugno 1920 – 11 dicembre 1993) è stato un allenatore di calcio e calciatore tedesco di ruolo centrocampista, campione mondiale nel 1954.

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[ru] Мебус, Пауль

Па́уль Ме́бус (нем. Paul Mebus; 9 июня 1920 — 11 декабря 1993 в Дюссельдорф-Бенрате) — немецкий футболист, полузащитник сборной ФРГ, чемпион мира 1954 года.

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