Burkhardt Öller (9 November 1942 – 16 July 2014) was a German

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Career

In 1966, Öller was discovered by

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side

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

while playing for VfB Peine in the third tier Amateurliga Niedersachsen. He subsequently joined the club's reserve side, and in 1967 was promoted to Eintracht's first team. In Braunschweig Öller was the back-up keeper to West German international

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. He left the club in 1971, joining league rivals

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, before retiring from professional football after one season in Hannover. In total Öller played 30 games during his five seasons in the Bundesliga. He died in July 2014.

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* 1942 births 2014 deaths German men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Bundesliga players Eintracht Braunschweig II players Eintracht Braunschweig players Hannover 96 players {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub