Szepan was the outstanding playmaker of the Breslau XI. After his retirement in 1950, Szepan remained active as coach for Wuppertaler SV, Schalke 04 and Rot-Weiß Essen, leading that club to the German championship in 1955. He served Schalke again as club president from 1964 to 1967. He died on 14 December 1974 in his hometown Gelsenkirchen. In his 1978 book "Fussball", Helmut Schön characterised Szepan as follows: "One from the gallery of great playmakers, not markedly pacy, but talented to make the game pacy. He knew how to play directly but also capable of great solos - all that while being strong enough defensively to have played as a stopper. A commander." Career statistics Club International Trivia He and fellow Schalke star Ernst Kuzorra married each other's sisters, and thus became brothers-in-law. References External links 1907 births 1974 deaths German footballers Germany international footballers FC Schalke 04 players 1934 FIFA World Cup players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Sportspeople from Gelsenkirchen People from the Province of Westphalia German football managers FC Schalke 04 managers Association football forwards Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia