Ernst Lehner

Ernst Lehner (1912 to 1986) was a German footballer, born in Augsburg, who died in Aschaffenburg. He played as an outside right for the Germany national team in the 1934 and 1938 FIFA World Cups and was part of the squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics, making 65 appearances and scoring 31 goals for his country. He belonged to the Breslau Eleven that beat Denmark 8-0 in 1937. His specialty was the corner kick, which he often converted directly, and he was regarded as one of the best outside rights of the 1934 tournament. Helmut Schoen later described his style as the way he always wanted outside forwards to play.