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Hannover 96 was formed on 12 April 1896 by a group of local school children having a kickaround on a nearby field. The exact location isn't far from the AWD Arena and is now known as Bella Vista.

 

The officials club founders are listed as H. Beplate, W. Bielefeld, August Bormann, L. Eggers, Arnold Fokke, Fritz Hoffmann, Georg Kindermann, Fritz Köllermeyer, Franz and Wilhelm Namendorff, August Riehn, F. Vogeler and Ernst Witte – unfortunately not all the names of the founders could be recovered. The club was originally supported by the renowned 'Father of Hannoverian Football' Ferdinand-Wilhelm Fricke.

The club's first AGM took place on 19 April 1896 with 24 members voting F. Vogeler as chairman.In the early years, the game was played with an oval shaped ball, rather like a rugby ball, and handling the ball was permitted!

Here's to another 114 years!!!

 

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