Frank Lippmann (born 23 April 1961) is a German former
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
*Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Smal ...
. He
defected
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from
East Germany
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to
West Germany
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after playing for
Dynamo Dresden
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against
Bayer Uerdingen
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in
a 1986 UEFA Cup match.
See also
*
List of Soviet and Eastern Bloc defectors
References
External links
*
1961 births
Living people
Footballers from Bezirk Dresden
Footballers from Dresden
German men's footballers
East German men's footballers
Defecting sportspeople from East Germany
Men's association football forwards
Bundesliga players
DDR-Oberliga players
Dynamo Dresden players
1. FC Nürnberg players
SV Waldhof Mannheim players
LASK players
SK Vorwärts Steyr players
Dresdner SC players
Dynamo Dresden non-playing staff
East German emigrants to West Germany
West German expatriate men's footballers
West German expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
West German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
West German men's footballers
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