Gerd Zewe is a German former football player and manager. Zewe was a youngster for SV Stennweiler and an amateur for Borussia Neunkirchen. Starting his career with his sole professional club, Fortuna D�sseldorf, in midfield, he was later used as sweeper and appeared in 440 Bundesliga matches, which is still a Bundesliga record for the club. Zewe was part of the D�sseldorf team that reached the DFB-Pokal final on three consecutive occasions from 1978 to 1980, carrying the trophy home in 1979 and 1980. In 1979, he further won a European Cup Winners' Cup runner-up medal with D�sseldorf, getting beaten after extra-time by FC Barcelona at St. Jakob Stadium, Basel. In 1987, he left Fortuna D�sseldorf after 15 years to team up with Kickers W�rzburg to see out his career on amateur level. Zewe's career for West Germany lasted for only four matches, but earned him a role of an unused substitute at the 1978 FIFA World Cup as one of two uncapped outfield players in the West German squad besides 1. FC K�ln's Harald Konopka. Months after the tournament he gained his first cap, playing in the 4?3 win over Czechoslovakia on 11 October 1978. [More at Wikipedia]

June 13th, 1950 in Schiffweiler (Age 74)