Hans Sturm (3 September 1935 – 24 June 2007) was a German football player. He was born in Schönau an der Katzbach, Lower Silesia and died in Cologne.[1]

Hans Sturm
Personal information
Full name Hans Sturm
Date of birth (1935-09-03)3 September 1935
Place of birth Schönau an der Katzbach, Germany
Date of death 24 June 2007(2007-06-24) (aged 71)
Place of death Cologne, Germany
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1951–1952 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1963 1. FC Köln(OL West) 233 (66)
1963–1967 1. FC Köln(Bundesliga) 113 (17)
1967–1971 Viktoria Köln 107 (29)
Total 453 (112)
International career
1958–1962 West Germany 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

The goalscoring inside right midfielder, who won the first Bundesliga trophy with 1. FC Köln in 1964, played just one of his three internationals for West Germany outside a FIFA World Cup. Therefore, he was part at the 1958 FIFA World Cup and at the 1962 FIFA World Cup, playing one match on each occasion.[2]

With 1. FC Köln, Sturm also won the West German football championship in 1962.

His son Ralf (born 18 October 1968) was a striker for 1. FC Köln in the Bundesliga himself, netting 28 goals in 121 games as a striker in between 1988 and 1994.

References edit

  1. ^ Bitter, Jürgen (1997). Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler (in German). Sportverlag. p. 482.
  2. ^ Bitter, Jürgen (1997). Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler (in German). Sportverlag. p. 483.