Xaver Unsinn

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Xaver Unsinn
Born (1929-11-29)November 29, 1929
Füssen, Germany
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Füssen, Germany
Position Forward
Played for EV Füssen (Bundesliga)
ESV Kaufbeuren (Bundesliga)
National team  West Germany
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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mr. Eishockei" Xaver Unsinn verstorben (German) kicker.de, published: 5 January 2011, accessed: 7 January 2011
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Mister „Eishockei“ (German) Frankfurter Allgemeine, published: 29 November 2009, accessed: 7 January 2011
  4. ↑ „Mr. Eishockei“ Xaver Unsinn wird 80 (German) focus.de, published: 29 November 2009, accessed: 7 January 2011
  5. ↑ Xaver Unsinn has died
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