Xaver Unsinn

Xaver Unsinn (29 November 1929 – 4 January 2012) was a German ice hockey player and coach. His greatest success was winning the bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics as coach of the German national team.[1] He also competed at the 1952 and 1960 Winter Olympics.[2]

Xaver Unsinn
Born (1929-11-29)29 November 1929
Füssen, Germany
Died 4 January 2012(2012-01-04) (aged 82)
Füssen, Germany
Position Forward
Played for EV Füssen (Bundesliga)
ESV Kaufbeuren (Bundesliga)
National team  West Germany
Playing career 1950–1962

Unsinn was coach of the German national team on three occasions, 1964, 1975 to 1977 and, again, from 1981 to 1990, coaching the team in 221 internationals.[1]

As a player, he spent most of his career with the EV Füssen, which he won eight national German championships with. As a club coach he also won three German and one Swiss national championships with the Düsseldorfer EG, Berliner SC and SC Bern.[3]

He is a member of the IIHF Hall of Fame and has also been awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.[4]

He died on 4 January 2012.[5]

References
  1. "Mr. Eishockei" Xaver Unsinn verstorben (in German) kicker.de, published: 5 January 2011, accessed: 7 January 2011
  2. "Xaver Unsinn". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  3. Mister „Eishockei“ (in German) Frankfurter Allgemeine, published: 29 November 2009, accessed: 7 January 2011
  4. „Mr. Eishockei“ Xaver Unsinn wird 80 (in German) focus.de, published: 29 November 2009, accessed: 7 January 2011
  5. Xaver Unsinn has died
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