Werner Hippler (born July 30, 1970, in

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) is a former

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from

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. He played for the Cologne Centurions, but the majority of his career has been with the Frankfurt Galaxy. Hippler is the leader with the most games played in

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history. Hippler, who played football at

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High School in Canada before moving with his father to California. He played in College at Sacramento State for the Division I-AA Hornets in the backfield with future 12-year CFL RB Troy Mills and future

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star QB Aaron Garcia. Hippler signed with the

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and spent two years on their practice squad. He later went a full camp with the

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and played one year in the short-lived XFL for the Las Vegas Outlaws. Through 2007 he had played 14 season of Pro Football. Hippler has small roles in two very popular European movies of the popular genre:

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and Straight Shooter, opposite

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. He runs a security company in Germany called 'Rhein Security' with his football agent and trained for three months in Israel with the ISS. He is married to Kirshen and they have one son named Dennis (born December 12, 1997). On November 21, 2017, Hippler replaced team founder Martin Sieg on the board of the German Football League's

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in order for Sieg to focus on the team's marketing and sponsorship.

External links

* http://www.rhein-security.de * https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/article212439413/Neuer-Huskies-Chef-traeumt-von-Football-am-Millerntor.html * http://www.gfl.info/2017/10/25/anthony-rouzier-wird-neuer-huskies-headcoach-2-2/ 1970 births Living people Cologne Centurions (NFL Europe) players Frankfurt Galaxy players Las Vegas Outlaws (XFL) players Players of American football from California Sacramento State Hornets football players Sportspeople from Cologne Players of Canadian football from California German players of American football German players of Canadian football Sportspeople from Burnaby Canadian expatriate sportspeople in West Germany American expatriate sportspeople in West Germany 20th-century American sportsmen {{tightend-1970s-stub