Matthias Strauss
Matthias Strauss | ||
Player information | ||
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Nickname | Matzi | |
birthday | May 24, 1956 | |
place of birth | Frankfurt , Germany | |
size | 194 cm | |
position |
Shooting Guard / Small Forward |
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Clubs as active | ||
1970–1975 Eintracht Frankfurt 1975–1981 MTV 1846 Gießen 1981–1991 DTV Charlottenburg 1991–1994 Alba Berlin |
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National team 1 | ||
1975-1983 | BR Germany | 116 games |
1 Status: 04/02/2010 |
Matthias Strauss (born May 24, 1956 in Frankfurt ) is a former German basketball player . Strauss works as a dentist in Berlin-Lichterfelde .
Life
Strauss moved from Frankfurt am Main to MTV Gießen. He played six years for Mittelhessen in the basketball league . In 1978 he won the championship with Giessen , in 1979 Giessen won the cup . He completed an apprenticeship as a dental technician in Giessen and received the offer to take over a dental laboratory, but decided against it and moved to Berlin in 1981 to join the Bundesliga club DTV Charlottenburg. Strauss was the first national player at Charlottenburg. In 1985 the team reached the final of the German championship, but lost there against Bayer 04 Leverkusen . In 1991 as BG Charlottenburg and 1992 as Alba Berlin, the club reached the championship finals twice with Matthias Strauss, but lost each time against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Strauss studied dentistry in Berlin and passed his exam in February 1992.
At the end of 1975 Strauss made his debut in the national team , in whose squad he was a total of 116 games. At the European Championship in 1981 he finished tenth with the German team, in 1983 the team reached eighth place.
literature
- Dino Reisner: 40 years of the Basketball Bundesliga. Sutton-Verlag Erfurt 2006 ISBN 978-3-86680-014-4
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ AlbaBerlin.de: Rashad Wright is out for one to two weeks after eye surgery ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Alba Berlin press release of March 11, 2010, accessed on March 27, 2010
- ↑ http://www.giessen46ers.de/matthiasmatzi-strauss/
- ↑ a b https://issuu.com/albaberlin/docs/chronik_komplett
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Strauss, Matthias |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German basketball player |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1956 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt |