Gerrit master

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Gerrit Meister (born February 7, 1986 ) is a former German - American American football player.

career

Meister played in the offspring of the Bremerhaven Seahawks , in the seasons 2007 and 2008 the offensive lineman reinforced the Hamburg Blue Devils in the highest German league, the GFL . In the 2009 season he wore the colors of his Bremerhaven home team, with which he competed in the league. He then played for the Dutch second division team Groningen Giants , for the 2011 season the trained behavioral therapist returned to the GFL and was henceforth in the service of the Braunschweig Lions . He played for Braunschweig until the end of the 2017 season. During this time, the 1.89 meter tall and 130 kilogram player won the German championship in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 as well as the Eurobowl in 2015, 2016 and 2017 .

For health reasons, the champions withdrew from competitive sports in 2018 and took over the coaching position for the second men's team of the Braunschweig Lions (regional league) in the 2018 season. In 2018 he switched to the Hildesheim Invaders in the GFL as an assistant coach . In Hildesheim he was responsible for looking after the offensive line, and at the beginning of September 2019 he was appointed head coach until the end of the season after the club had separated from the previous coaching team.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b # 54 Gerrit Meister. In: New York Lions. Accessed January 30, 2020 (German).
  2. ^ Coaches - Hildesheim Invaders. Accessed January 30, 2020 (German).
  3. ↑ a b Gerrit Meister is the second homecoming of the Seahawks. Accessed January 30, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Hamburg Blue Devils NAMES, DATES, FACTS. (PDF; 957 kB) In: fk-hbd.de. Förderkreis Hamburg Blue Devils eV Hamburg, December 31, 2013, accessed on January 30, 2020 .
  5. ↑ 2008. Accessed January 30, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Lions Offensive Line: The strong guys in the front row. Accessed January 30, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b Dietmar Rose: Footballer Gerrit Meister from Bremerhaven starts coaching career in the regional league. In: nord24. December 7, 2017, accessed January 30, 2020 (German).
  8. ↑ News archive - GFL. Accessed January 30, 2020 (German).
  9. ^ New York Lions: Player Database. May 18, 2017, accessed January 30, 2020 .
  10. ^ New York Lions: History. October 30, 2019, accessed January 30, 2020 .
  11. ↑ May we introduce our new quarterback? Casey Therriault! - Hildesheim Invaders. Accessed January 30, 2020 (German).
  12. ↑ Gerrit Meister takes over - Hildesheim Invaders. Accessed January 30, 2020 (German).
  13. ↑ Gerrit Meister takes over the Invaders training - Radio Tonkuhle Hildesheim. Accessed January 30, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Master, Gerrit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American American football player
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1986