Markus Becker (football player)

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Markus Becker
Position:
tight end , running back 		Jersey number:
99, 33
Date of birth: March 11, 1963
in Bottrop
Career information
Active: * 1978–1989 player
Teams
* Düsseldorf Panther (player 1978–1989)
Career highlights and awards
  • 3 × German Bowl MVP (1983–1985)
  • GFL -MVP (1986)
  • Third place in the European Championship 1985
  • Vice European Champion 1987

Markus Becker (born March 11, 1963 in Bottrop ) is a former German football player . He played on the position of running back for the Düsseldorf Panthers in the Northwest German Football League (NFL) and in the German Football League (GFL) of the AFVD.

Career

After Markus Becker had already been kayaking for five years with KLG Düsseldorf , he changed sport in 1978 at the age of 15 and joined the newly founded American football team, the Düsseldorf Panther. There was no youth team at that time. He first played there as a tight end before moving to the running back position in 1979 . He was voted the most valuable player (MVP) of the German Bowl in 1983, 1984 and 1985 . 1985 to 1987 he played for the German national team. In 1985 he was with this third at the European Championships in Milan. In 1987 he became Vice European Champion. He managed a spectacular 92-yard kick-off-return touchdown in Finland in the opening game against the reigning European champions Finland.

In 2004 he was accepted into the Düsseldorf Panther Hall of Fame . In 2011 he was a founding member of the Alumni Panther. In 2013 he was also elected to the German Football Hall of Fame.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.football101.de
  2. ↑ American Football Team - Düsseldorf Panther
  3. ^ Markus Becker - Alumni Panther eV
  4. ↑ alumni-panther.de
  5. ↑ Fans' Football Hall of Fame: Markus Becker
personal data
SURNAME Becker, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German football player
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Bottrop , Germany