Hermann Nattkämper

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Herman Nattkämper (October 4, 1911 - April 2, 2005) was a German football player and was German champions in 1934 and 1935.

Born in Gladbeck, he became member of a local football club when he was 14. Being criticized due to a failed penalty, he left his club and joined the FC Schalke 04. After 76 games and 27 goals he stopped playing football. During World War II he came into Russian war captivity where he started playing football again. Additionally, Hermann Nattkämper was the last living member of the legendary ´Schalker Kreisel´, a special tactic in football, to which Ernst Kuzorra and Fritz Szepan belonged likewise.