Peter Endrulat is a former German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 footballer.

After coming through the ranks of his local team VfB 07 Weidenau as a youth, Endrulat moved to FC Schalke 04

FC Schalke 04

Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...

 in 1973 and made his Fußball-Bundesliga

Fußball-Bundesliga

The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

 debut as a 20 year old for the Gelsenkirchen

Gelsenkirchen

Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000....

-based team in a 1–1 draw at home to Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

 on 10 December 1974. Having played three times for SpVgg Erkenschwick

SpVgg Erkenschwick

SpVgg Erkenschwick is a German football club based in Oer-Erkenschwick in North Rhine-Westphalia.- History :Founded as Sportverein Erkenschwick in 1916, they joined Emscher-Lippe-Spielverband to form Sportfreunde Erkenschwick in 1918, which in then merged with Turn- und Leichtathletikverein TV...

, he later moved to fellow North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

n club Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund

Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...

 where he was the second choice goalkeeper to Horst Bertram

Horst Bertram

Horst Bertram is a retired German football manager and former player.Bertram appeared twice for Kickers Offenbach in the Fußball-Bundesliga before embarking on a 12-year spell at Borussia Dortmund, playing 200 games, 94 of which also coming in the Bundesliga.-External links:...

. When Bertram got injured in 1978, Endrulat got the chance to prove himself between the posts, and played quite well towards the end of the season. However, on the final day of the 1977–78 Fußball-Bundesliga campaign, having only been told the morning before the game that his contract would not be extended close-season, Borussia Dortmund travelled to the Rheinstadion

Rheinstadion

The Rheinstadion was a multi-purpose stadium, in Düsseldorf, Germany. The stadium was built, near the Rhine, in 1926 and held 55,900 people, at the end of its life....

 in Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

 for a match against Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...

. By half-time of his sixth game in Dortmund colours, Endrulat had already conceded six goals, and his coach Otto Rehhagel

Otto Rehhagel

Otto Rehhagel is a German football coach and former football player. Along with Helmut Schön, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Udo Lattek and Hennes Weisweiler, he is considered one of the most successful German managers....

 asked him if he would like to be substituted, but he said he had no problem with playing on. Endrulat later concluded however that this had been the wrong decision:
After 90 minutes, Borussia Mönchengladbach had put 12 goals past Endrulat for the all-time record Bundesliga victory

Borussia Mönchengladbach 12–0 Borussia Dortmund

On 29 April 1978, the final match day of the 1977–78 Fußball-Bundesliga season, Borussia Mönchengladbach played Borussia Dortmund with the possibility of becoming Bundesliga champions. Knowing that if 1. FC Köln won their game away to FC St. Pauli, Borussia Mönchengladbach would have to win by a...

. This proved to be Endrulat's last game in Germany's top flight as he was given the sack and played out the rest of his career for Tennis Borussia Berlin

Tennis Borussia Berlin

Tennis Borussia Berlin is a German football club based in Berlin-Westend.- History :The team was founded in 1902 and takes its name from its origins as a tennis and ping-pong club. "Borussia" is a Latinised version of Prussia. In 1903 the club took up football and quickly developed a rivalry with...

 in the 2. Bundesliga Nord, where he made a total of 60 appearances.

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