Peter Grosser (28 September 1938 – 2 March 2021) was a German

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player and coach.

Club career

As a player, he spent six seasons in the

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with

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, captaining the club for the

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title and scoring 49 goals in 130 West German top-flight appearances.

International career

He also represented

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on two occasions, in a

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qualifier against

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and in a friendly against

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Death

Grosser died on 2 March 2021 at the age of 82.

Honours

* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finalist: 1964–65 *

: 1965–66 * DFB-Pokal: 1963–64

References

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* * * * 1938 births 2021 deaths German men's footballers Germany men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Germany men's B international footballers Bundesliga players FC Bayern Munich footballers TSV 1860 Munich players FC Red Bull Salzburg players German football managers SpVgg Unterhaching managers Footballers from Munich West German men's footballers West German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria West German expatriate sportspeople in Austria {{germany-footy-midfielder-1930s-stub