Erich Zander (11 April 1905 in

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- 15 April 1991 in

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) was a German

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

and in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. In 1928 he was a member of the German field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all four matches as halfback. Eight years later he won the silver medal in the field hockey competition.

References

Erich Zander's profile at Sports Reference.com

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* 1905 births 1991 deaths Field hockey players at the 1928 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1936 Summer Olympics German male field hockey players Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic field hockey players for Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in field hockey Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century German sportsmen Sportspeople from Kassel {{Germany-fieldhockey-Olympic-medalist-stub