Dietmar Erler (born 7 April 1947) is a German former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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. After two seasons each with

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia is most well known as ...

and

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, often known simply as Borussia Dortmund () or by its initialism BVB (), or just Dortmund by International fans, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is ...

Erler transferred to

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...

, where he spent most of his career. After 11 seasons with Braunschweig, in which he played a total of 299 games (scoring 61 goals) in all competitions, Erler retired from football and became a school teacher for sports, mathematics, and geography.

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1947 births Living people Footballers from Bielefeld Men's association football midfielders German men's footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Eintracht Braunschweig players Arminia Bielefeld players Borussia Dortmund players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players 20th-century German sportsmen {{germany-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub