Xaver Unsinn
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| Xaver Unsinn | |||
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| Born | November 29, 1929 Füssen, Germany |
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| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Füssen, Germany |
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| Position | Forward | ||
| Played for | EV Füssen (Bundesliga) ESV Kaufbeuren (Bundesliga) |
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| National team |  West Germany |
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| Playing career | 1950–1962 | ||
Xaver Unsinn (29 November 1929 – 4 January 2012) was a German ice hockey player and coach. His greatest success was winning the bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics as coach of the German national team.[1] He also competed at the 1952 and 1960 Winter Olympics.[2]
Unsinn was coach of the German national team on three occasions, 1964, 1975 to 1977 and, again, from 1981 to 1990, coaching the team in 221 internationals.[1]
As a player, he spent most of his career with the EV Füssen, which he won eight national German championships with. As a club coach he also won three German and one Swiss national championships with the Düsseldorfer EG, Berliner SC and SC Bern.[3]
He is a member of the IIHF Hall of Fame and has also been awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.[4]
He died on 4 January 2012.[5]
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mr. Eishockei" Xaver Unsinn verstorben (German) kicker.de, published: 5 January 2011, accessed: 7 January 2011
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- ↑ Mister „Eishockei“ (German) Frankfurter Allgemeine, published: 29 November 2009, accessed: 7 January 2011
- ↑ „Mr. Eishockei“ Xaver Unsinn wird 80 (German) focus.de, published: 29 November 2009, accessed: 7 January 2011
- ↑ Xaver Unsinn has died
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