Fritz Westheider

Fritz Westheider

Trainer Fritz Westheider (left) and THW player Heinrich Dahlinger (right). 1957
Player information
Nickname	"Fiete"
birthday	November 30, 1909
place of birth	Kiel , Germany
citizenship	German
date of death	August 10, 1999
Place of death	Kiel , Germany
Playing position	Left winger
	Middle runner
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
1926-1950	THW Kiel
National team
Debut on	June 5, 1937 in Copenhagen
against	Denmark
	Games (goals)
Germany
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
1930-1958	THW Kiel

Fritz Westheider (born November 30, 1909 in Kiel , † August 10, 1999 ibid) was a German field handball player and handball coach .

Career

Fritz Westheider (back row right) with the THW Kiel team after winning the German championship in 1957

Fritz Westheider grew up in the Hassee district of Kiel . He started playing handball at the age of 14, having previously played soccer . From 1926 he played at THW Kiel , initially as a goalkeeper, although he was rarely used in this position, then from 1928 as a field player. In 1929 he began to learn the coaching trade with Otto Günther Kaundinya , and from 1930 he was the player- coach of the first men's team of the THW. In 1950 he ended his playing career, eight years later as a coach. During this time he won three German championships with THW Kiel , in 1948 and 1950 on the large field and in 1957 in the hall. From 1954 he was also an instructor at the handball association Schleswig-Holstein and from 1959 at the German Handball Federation .

Fritz Westheider was the first international player for the THW, he made his international debut on June 5, 1937 in Copenhagen against Denmark as a left winger .

In addition to handball, Westheider was a talented athlete , he held several club records, including pentathlon and javelin .

Honors

In 1950 Fritz Westheider was honored with the silver bay leaf . In 1964 he received the sports badge of the state of Schleswig-Holstein .

literature

• Erik Eggers (ed.): Black and White: The History of the Record Master THW Kiel. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89533-619-5 , pp. 84–86.

Web links

• Portrait on the website of THW Kiel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sports report of the federal government (Bundestag printed matter 7/1040) (PDF; 1.7 MB) In: bundestag.de . German Bundestag . P. 59. September 26, 1973. Retrieved June 24, 2014.