Alfred Steinke

Alfred Steinke


Date of birth	June 6, 1881
place of birth	Berlin , German Empire
date of death	May 1945
Place of death	Berlin , German Empire
Nickname	father

position	Striker, defender, goalkeeper

Career stations

1900-1901	BFC Prussia
1901-1930	Berliner SC

Alfred Wilhelm Steinke (born June 6, 1881 in Berlin ; † May 1945 there ) was a German ice hockey player , goalkeeper , referee and official.

Career

Alfred Steinke (front left) with the Berlin Ice Skating Club (1909)

Alfred Steinke (far left) at the 1913 LIHG championship in St. Moritz

Alfred Steinke was active for the BFC Preussen in the 1900/01 season . From 1901 to 1931 he was a player at the Berlin ice skating club in various positions: first defender, rover or striker and towards the end of his career goalkeeper . In 1912 he was a member of the team that won the first German championship title . He won a total of eleven German championships, the last one in 1929. He also won the Spengler Cup three times with the Berliner SC and in 1913 the Ringhofer Cup for the first Austrian disc championship. During his career he played with Gustav Jaenecke , among others .

He played in the national team from the start, since in the 1910s it was mostly the Berliner SC, the best team in the country, that was sent to international tournaments to represent them. In 1928 he took part in the Olympic Games as a goalkeeper for the national team, was in goal in both tournament games and received only one goal. Steinke was already 46 years old at the time, making him one of the oldest athletes to ever take part in an Olympic ice hockey tournament ( Béla Ordódy was the oldest at 48).

After the end of his active career, Steinke was active as a referee and functionary in ice sports, in the mid-1930s he was ice hockey specialist in the German Ice Sports Association and organizer of the final round of the German championship. He was also co-editor of the association's magazine, ice and roller sports . He was also responsible for the organization of the ice hockey tournament at the 1936 Winter Olympics and headed a game as a referee.

Steinke served in Romania during World War II . In the last month of the war, in May 1945, he died in Berlin. For his sporting successes he was posthumously honored with the admission into the Hockey Hall of Fame Germany .

Achievements and Awards

National

1912 German champion with the Berliner SC
1913 German champion with the Berliner SC
1913 Austrian champion ( in disc game ) with the Berliner SC
1914 German champion with the Berliner SC
1920 German champion with the Berliner SC
1921 German champion with the Berliner SC
1923 German champion with the Berliner SC
1924 German champion with the Berliner SC
1925 German champion with the Berliner SC
1926 German champion with the Berliner SC
1928 German champion with the Berliner SC
1929 German champion with the Berliner SC

International

1910 silver medal at the European Championship
1912 silver medal at the European Championship ( canceled )
1912 gold medal at the LIHG championship
1913 bronze medal at the European Championship
1913 gold medal at the LIHG championship
1924 Winning the Spengler Cup with the Berliner SC
1926 Winning the Spengler Cup with the Berliner SC
1927 bronze medal at the European Championships ( without use )
1928 Winning the Spengler Cup with the Berliner SC

Web links

Commons : Alfred Steinke - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Alfred Steinke in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Alfred Steinke at eliteprospects.com (English) as a field player
Alfred Steinke at eliteprospects.com (English) as a goalkeeper

Individual evidence

^ Jan Bürk: Ice hockey at the Olympic Games with special consideration of the participation of Germany . GRIN Verlag, 2007, ISBN 3-638-71780-1 , p. 21 and 22 ( google.de [accessed on February 28, 2020]).
↑ Oldest ice hockey player at a Winter Olympic Games (male). In: guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
↑ Organizing Committee for the IV. Olympic Winter Games (Ed.): Olympic Winter Games 1936 - Official Report . Reichssportverlag, Berlin 1936, p. 22, 28, 265, 354, 356 ( work online [PDF; accessed on February 28, 2020]).
^ Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
↑ Stephan Müller: Alfred Steinke. (No longer available online.) In: sihss.se. 2004, archived from the original on March 28, 2008 ; accessed on February 28, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Steinke, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Steinke, Alfred Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	June 6, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	May 1945
Place of death	Berlin

[Olymp-1] Jan Bürk: Ice hockey at the Olympic Games with special consideration of the participation of Germany . GRIN Verlag, 2007, ISBN 3-638-71780-1 , p. 21 and 22 ( google.de [accessed on February 28, 2020]).

[guinness-Oldest-2] Oldest ice hockey player at a Winter Olympic Games (male). In: guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .

[3] Organizing Committee for the IV. Olympic Winter Games (Ed.): Olympic Winter Games 1936 - Official Report . Reichssportverlag, Berlin 1936, p. 22, 28, 265, 354, 356 ( work online [PDF; accessed on February 28, 2020]).

[sports-r-65-4] Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .

[sihss-5] Stephan Müller: Alfred Steinke. (No longer available online.) In: sihss.se. 2004, archived from the original on March 28, 2008 ; accessed on February 28, 2020 .