The relatives of the Wehrmacht and team captain Wendl were prevented from playing the decisive second leg in Vienna and Rapid won the first group place with a 2-0 victory by two points ahead of 1860 Munich. The Viennese prevailed in the later final on June 22 through a 4: 3 victory against Schalke 04 and won the German championship in 1941. When his club was able to bring the Tschammer Cup to Munich on November 15, 1942, after a 2-0 win in the final against Schalke 04, he had only 5: 3 home success on July 19 due to the war 1942 participated in the first final round against SK Rapid Vienna as a left-back alongside Georg Pledl. In total, the defensive player who held the captain's office for ten years was active for 1860 Munich as a league player and played over 1,000 games. The last time was Wendl in spring 1945 was in a competitive game for the "lions" during a front holiday. At the age of 19, the man for the left defensive side was already called into the Munich City Selection, for which he played a total of 28 games in his career. In the South German selection, the 1960 made its debut on October 9, 1927 in the Federal Cup competition in the 3: 4 defeat in Duisburg against West Germany. The game played a complete Munich city selection, with six "Bayern" actors (Adolf Schwab, Hans Schmid, Emil Kutterer, Ludwig Hofmeister, Josef Pöttinger, Ludwig Hofmann), four "Löwen" representatives (Alois Pledl, Ludwig Stiglbauer, Josef Hornauer, Josef Wendl) and the Wacker player Fritz Neubauer. With the association selection from Bavaria, Wendl became Gaupokalsieger in 1933. He was part of the Bavarian selection, which defeated Saxony with 2: 1 goals in Chemnitz and 6: 2 goals in Munich North Hesse. In the replay of the final, Bayern won 6-1 on August 6, 1933 in Munich against Brandenburg. The final triangle was formed by goalkeepers Hans Jakob and the pair of defenders Sigmund Haringer and Josef Wendl. In the national football team, the "Löwen" player made his debut with goalkeeper Hans Jakob on November 2, 1930 at the international match in Wroclaw against Norway. On his second appointment on October 30, 1932 in Budapest against Hungary, Paul Janes celebrated his national team debut.