Hans Sturm

Hans Sturm

Personal information
Full name	Hans Sturm
Date of birth	3 September 1935
Place of birth	Schönau an der Katzbach, Germany
Date of death	24 June 2007 (aged 71)
Place of death	Cologne, Germany
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1951–1952	1. FC Köln
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1955–1963	1. FC Köln^(OL West)	233	(66)
1963–1967	1. FC Köln^(Bundesliga)	113	(17)
1967–1971	Viktoria Köln	107	(29)
National team
1958–1962	West Germany	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Hans Sturm (3 September 1935 – 24 June 2007) was a German football player. He was born in Schönau an der Katzbach, Lower Silesia and died in Cologne.^[1]

The goalscoring inside right midfielder, who won the first Bundesliga trophy with 1. FC Köln in 1964, played just one of his three internationals for West Germany outside a FIFA World Cup. Therefore he was part at the 1958 FIFA World Cup and at the 1962 FIFA World Cup, playing one match on each occasion.^[2]

With 1. FC Köln, Sturm also won the West German football championship in 1962.

His son Ralf (born 18 October 1968) was a striker for 1. FC Köln in the Bundesliga himself, netting 28 goals in 121 games as a striker in between 1988 and 1994.

References

1. Bitter, Jürgen (1997). Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler (in German). Sportverlag. p. 482.
2. Bitter, Jürgen (1997). Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler (in German). Sportverlag. p. 483.