Peter Kupferschmidt (born 2 March 1942) is a German

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who played for

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during the 1960s.

Early life

Kupferschmidt's story began in Filipovo, which is now in

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and known as Backi Gracac. His family had to flee when he was three years old and ended up in

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, in Gartenstadt-Trudering. Kupferschmidt felt at home here, and as he had always played football, the sport played a big role in growing up. One day in the summer of 1956, a friend took him to

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, and Rudi Weiß became his sponsor.

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