Heidi Mohr

29 May 1967, Weinheim (died 7 February 2019)
Forward

Clubs as a player

1986–1990 SV Laudenbach
1990–1994 TuS Niederkirchen
1994–1995 TuS Ahrbach
1995–1999 TuS Niederkirchen
1999–2000 1. FFC Frankfurt

Honours:
German Champion: 1993
DFB Cup winner: 2000

National team:
104 appearances (83 goals)
World Cup runner-up: 1995
European Champion: 1989, 1991, 1995

Her importance to women’s football, both nationally and internationally, is underlined by her selection in 1999 as ‘European Footballer of the Century’.

In February 2019, Heidi Mohr passed away at the age of 51 following a battle with cancer. The German Football Hall of Fame honours her memory.
The born striker from Weinheim gained widespread recognition through her decisive goals during the women’s national team’s early successes. She scored one goal in the team’s first European Championship triumph in 1989 and two in the final of their second continental title in 1991. In the same year, she scored in every match at the World Cup.
At club level, too, her finishing was unrivalled at that time. Mohr, who remained deeply attached to her hometown, did not play for the big clubs for many years, but instead stood up to the seemingly overwhelming competition whilst playing for the small club TuS Niederkirchen. The German league title won in the 1993 final against TSV Siegen, thanks to two goals from Mohr, was an absolute sensation. Alongside her superb goal-scoring instinct, she impressed with her speed and dribbling ability, as well as – despite her individual strength – her strong team spirit.

The German Football Hall of Fame was established on the initiative of the German Football Museum. In November 2018 and January 2019, leading sports journalists voted to select the inaugural men’s and women’s teams. The jury members were asked to nominate their choice of players and managers from German men’s and women’s football. Players who were eligible to play for German national teams and whose playing careers had ended at least five years previously were eligible for nomination. The HALL OF FAME honours the greatest legends of German football in one central location for the first time. It forms part of the permanent exhibition at the German Football Museum in Dortmund. Opened on 1 April 2019, it has become a permanent place of pilgrimage for all football fans. The jury decides annually on further inductees from men’s and women’s football.