Erwin Heuer

**Erwin Heuer**
Player information
birthday	February 16, 1940
place of birth	Minderheide , German Empire
citizenship	German
Playing position	Back center
Club information
society	Career ended
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
1954-1959	TSV Rothenuffeln
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
1959-1964	TSV Rothenuffeln
1964-1970	TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen
1970-1977	TuS Nettelstedt
National team
Debut on	June 21, 1964
against	Austria in Augsburg
	Games (goals)
BR Germany	14 (6)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
1968-1973	Eintracht Oberlübbe
1975-1979	VfB Holzhausen II
1979-1980	TuS Spenge
1980-1983	TV Germania Nordhemmern
1983-1984	Eintracht Oberlübbe
Medal table
Field handball world championships
	As of August 26, 2019

Erwin Heuer (born February 16, 1940 in Minderheide ) is a former German handball player and coach . With the German national team he was field handball world champion in 1966.

Career

Since Erwin Heuer has been interested in handball since his youth, he became a member of TSV Grün-Weiß Dankersen , in whose handball department he played both field and indoor handball. Because of his excellent performance in both types of handball, he was soon used in both national and international competitions. At the German indoor handball championships in 1965 he took part as a defender and came with the team of Grün-Weiß Dankersen to the final, in which his team lost to Frischauf Göppingen with 13:12 and thus became German runner-up in indoor handball.

Because of his good performance, he was also active in the German national field handball team. At the world championships in field handball in 1966 he was in the German national team and achieved the World Cup victory with it through the last group game with a final character against the team of the former GDR . The two German teams drew with 15:15. Since the Federal Republic's team had scored more goals overall in the tournament, they became world champions in field handball according to the rules of the time.

Since no further world championships in field handball were held after this championship, this German team was later (unofficially) referred to as the "Eternal World Champion".

For winning the field handball world championship, Erwin Heuer and the German team were awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf , the highest sporting award in the Federal Republic of Germany.

successes

field

World Champion (1): 1966
IHF European Cup winners (3): 1968, 1969, 1970
German champion (2): 1967, 1970
- German runner-up (4): 1964, 1965, 1969, 1975
Promotion to the Regionalliga (1): 1974
Promotion to the league (1): 1973
Promotion to the Association League (1): 1972
Promotion to the East Westphalia League (1): 1971

Hall

German runner-up (1): 1965
Promotion to the Bundesliga (1): 1976
Promotion to the Regionalliga (1): 1975
Promotion to the league (1): 1974
Promotion to the Association League (1): 1973
Promotion to the regional league (1): 1972
Promotion to the District League (1): 1971

Trainer

Promotion to the East Westphalia League (1): 1971
Promotion to the Association League (2): 1972, 1977

Awards

Silver bay leaf 1966

Individual evidence

^ Sports report of the federal government of September 26, 1973 to the Bundestag, printed matter 7/1040, page 59

personal data
SURNAME	This year, Erwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German handball player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH	February 16, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Minderheide , German Empire

[1] Sports report of the federal government of September 26, 1973 to the Bundestag, printed matter 7/1040, page 59