Erich Herrmann
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Erich Karl Albert Otto Herrmann (May 31, 1914 – April 13, 1989) was a German
field handball
player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
. He was born in Berlin and died in Hamburg.
He was part of the German field handball team, which won the gold medal. He played three matches. He played in most national team games until the war on his position on the left outer side. After the war he lived in Hamburg staying active in Handball for many years with the clubs HTB 1862 and Viktoria Hamburg. Throughout he was coach and player at the same time. As trainer he led the Women's Team of TuS Alstertal to the German field handball championship in 1951 and 1952.
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
field handball
Field handball
Field handball was the original form of what is now team handball and was played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin....
player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
. He was born in Berlin and died in Hamburg.
He was part of the German field handball team, which won the gold medal. He played three matches. He played in most national team games until the war on his position on the left outer side. After the war he lived in Hamburg staying active in Handball for many years with the clubs HTB 1862 and Viktoria Hamburg. Throughout he was coach and player at the same time. As trainer he led the Women's Team of TuS Alstertal to the German field handball championship in 1951 and 1952.