Erland Franz Herkenrath (September 24, 1912 – July 17, 2003) was a

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field handball Field handball (also known as outdoor handball or grass handball) is a soccer-like outdoor predecessor of what is now (indoor) handball. It was played at the Olympics once, at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. It was dominated by Germany, winn ...

player who competed in the

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.Erland Herkenrath Biography and Olympic Results
He was born in

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and died in

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. In 1936 he was part of the Swiss field handball team, which won the bronze medal. He played all five matches.

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1912 births 2003 deaths Swiss male handball players Olympic handball players for Switzerland Field handball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Zurich 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-Olympic-medalist-stub