Berlin, Aug 18 (IANS): Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, honorary president of DFB, the German football association, has died at the age of 82, the federation confirmed in an official statement on Tuesday.

The former DFB president died on Monday in a hospital in Stuttgart, and is survived by his wife Margit and his four children, reports Xinhua.

Mayer-Vorfelder was a well-known German sport official. He was from 1975 until 2000 president of Stuttgart, who lifted two German championships and one German Cup during his presidency.

Mayer-Vorfelder became the DFB president in 2001, following his election in Magdeburg, before he left the German football association in 2006 after monitoring the organisation of the FIFA World Cup in Germany. He was besides that member of the FIFA executive committee and vice president of the UEFA.

"His ideas and efforts gave the soccer impulses, from which we all benefit today. The recent successes, such as winning the World Cup, are the outcome of Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder' s efforts," DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach said.

Due to his contributions to the German football, Mayer-Vorfelder was been named as the honorary president of the DFB in 2007.