 A German Cup winner with FC Schalke 04 in 1972, his career was brought to a halt after evidence proved Rüssmann was one of those players of FC Schalke 04 that got bribed by Arminia Bielefeld for fixing the result of a head-to-head Bundesliga match of both clubs on 17 April 1971, for the benefit of Bielefeld.Initially Rüssmann (among other Schalke players) had controverted those claims.Rüssmann was one of the crop of players that committed perjury in the affair and got, as a consequence, punished with a fine by a court in 1975.