Lorenz Funk
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  West Germany
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| Men’s Ice Hockey | ||
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1976 Innsbruck | Team |
Lorenz Funk Sr. (March 17, 1947 – September 29, 2017) was an ice hockey player who played for the West German national team. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics.[1]
He came back from retirement to play with his sons Florian and Lorenz Jr.
Career
As a player Funk played with two teams in both Oberliga and Berlin-Liga leagues:
- EC Bad Tölz 1965–1972, 1989–1990
- BSC Preussen 1972–1981, 1983–1986, 1988, 2003
- Riessersee SC 1982–1983
As head coach he coached both his old teams and two other German professional teams:
- BSC Preussen 1983–1984, 1986–1987
- EC Bad Tölz 1988–1990
- SV Bayreuth 1900–1991 (Eishockey-Bundesliga league)
- Eisbären Berlin 1991–2000
He was manager, director and eventually president of the Berlin Capitals.
Awards
- 1990 Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit).
References
Categories:
- 1947 births
- 2017 deaths
- Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
- Olympic ice hockey players of West Germany
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- West German ice hockey players
- Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany