Eberhard Ferstl
Eberhard Ferstl (born January 16, 1933 in Munich ; † October 8, 2019 in Bad Tölz ) was a German hockey player who took part in the Olympic Games twice and won a bronze medal.
Ferstl played for HC Wacker Munich since 1947 . The midfielder made his debut in 1956 in the German national hockey team . At the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 , the German team reached the semi-finals, where the team lost to the Indian team; In the bronze medal game, the Germans won 3-1 against the British.
For winning the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Melbourne, he and the German hockey team received the silver laurel leaf on May 21, 1957.
In his second Olympic participation in Rome in 1960, Ferstl and the German team lost to the later Olympic champions from Pakistan in the quarter-finals and finished in seventh place. Four years later, the team from the Federal Republic lost in qualifying for the all-German team against the team from the GDR; In addition to Ferstl, Helmut Nonn , a bronze medalist from 1956, was part of the West German team from 1964. In total, Ferstl played 65 international matches from 1956 to 1964.
Web links
- Eberhard Ferstl in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Review of the team in 1956 with a photo
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sports report of the federal government of September 29, 1973 - printed matter 7/1040 - page 60
- ^ List of national hockey players
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ferstl, Eberhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 2019 |
| Place of death | Bad Tölz |