Erich Zander (11 April 1905 – 15 April 1991) was a German

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shootin ...

player who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

and in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi- ...

. 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 people {{Germany-fieldhockey-Olympic-medalist-stub