Helmut Grashoff – The Manager: Helmut Grashoff, the son of a ship captain from Lübeck, compensated for Borussia Mönchengladbach’s structural disadvantages — a small stadium and a small city — for many years and kept the club among the Bundesliga elite. He became vice president in 1962 at the request of his skat friend, club president Helmut Beyer, and in 1966 he became manager of Borussia, only the second full-time manager in the Bundesliga after Bayern’s Robert Schwan. Together with president Helmut Beyer and team doctor Alfred Gerhards, Grashoff formed the legendary triumvirate that guided Borussia for more than 25 years.\n\nOn January 15, 1991, he stepped down, and Rolf Rüssmann succeeded him as manager.
A street near Borussia-Park bears his name.