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{{Short description|German footballer (1930–2010)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Herbert Erhard
| image = Herbert Erhardt, Estadio, 1961-04-20 (934) (cropped).jpg
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|7|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Fürth]], Germany
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|07|03|1930|07|06|df=y}}
| death_place = Fürth, Germany
| height = 1.74 m
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1948–1962
| clubs1 = [[SpVgg Fürth]]
| caps1  = 335
| goals1 = 19
| years2 = 1962–1964
| clubs2 = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| caps2  = 63
| goals2 = 5
| totalcaps = 398
| totalgoals = 24
| nationalyears1 = 1953–1962
| nationalteam1 = [[Germany national football team|West Germany]]
| nationalcaps1 = 50
| nationalgoals1 = 1
|medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|FRG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954 Switzerland]]|}}
}}
'''Herbert''' "'''Ertl'''" '''Erhard'''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nz-online.de/artikel.asp?art=1255196&kat=32&man=4 | title = Trauer um Fürther Fußball-Idol »Ertl» Erhard | date = 5 July 2010 | access-date = 14 July 2010 | publisher = Nürnberger Zeitung | language = de | author = Dieter Bracke}}</ref> (6 July 1930 – 3 July 2010), also known as '''Herbert Erhardt''', was a German [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[defender (association football)|defender]].

== Club career ==
Erhard played for [[SpVgg Greuther Fürth|SpVgg Fürth]] and [[Bayern Munich]].<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/erhardtdata.html | title = Herbert Erhardt - Matches and Goals in Oberliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 20 January 2022 | accessdate = 28 January 2022 | publisher = [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF.com]]}}</ref> He was known for his hard tackling, doggedness and [[Captain (association football)|captain]]-like performances. The [[German Football Association]] lists Erhardt in the top 20 best German defenders of all time, and [[Bayern Munich]] included him in their best 16 in a team made up in the 1980s of famous past players.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}

Erhard started out as a [[Fullback (association football)|full back]] before being used as a [[Defender (association football)|half back]] by the mid-1950s. He then settled in the [[center half]] position by the end of the 1950s.

== International career ==
Erhard earned 50 [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for the [[Germany national football team|West Germany national team]],<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/erhardt-intl.html | title = Herbert Erhardt - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 20 January 2022 | accessdate = 28 January 2022 | publisher = [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF.com]]}}</ref> and was a member of the German team which won the [[1954 FIFA World Cup]]. He also participated in two other World Cups, in [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]] and [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]].

Although Erhard did not play in the 1954 World Cup, coach [[Sepp Herberger]] toyed with the idea of changing his defense by adding Erhardt as the left back in the final game against [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] instead of [[Werner Kohlmeyer]], but eventually decided to keep the same line-up as in the semifinal against [[Austria national football team|Austria]].<ref name="Bitter p.107">Bitter, Jürgen. ''Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler'', Sportverlag, 1997, p. 107.</ref> Herberger proved his tactical acumen by moving Erhardt to central defense in early 1958. In this new stopper role, Erhard proved to be a stand-out for Germany during the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]] and remained Germany's standard stopper until his retirement from international play in September 1962. Between 1959 and 1962, Erhard had captained West Germany 16 times.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Worldfootball.net|herbert-erhardt}}
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* {{NFT|16696}}

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[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Fürth]]
[[Category:German men's footballers]]
[[Category:Germany men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:1954 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1958 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1962 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:FIFA World Cup–winning players]]
[[Category:FC Bayern Munich footballers]]
[[Category:SpVgg Greuther Fürth players]]
[[Category:German football managers]]
[[Category:FC Augsburg managers]]
[[Category:BC Augsburg managers]]
[[Category:West German men's footballers]]


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