Hermann Stöcker (6 January 1938 – 14 May 2022) was an

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Biography

Stöcker grew up in Borne, 10 miles south of

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. He began to play football in the local BSG Traktor and in 1953 joined BSG Traktor Heyrothsberge. Three years later, in 1956, Stöcker joined BSG Motor Mitte Magdeburg and played in his first competitive match on 8 January 1956 against Motor Nordhausen West, winning 2–1. From 1960 onwards his team – renamed SC Aufbau Magdeburg, after 22 December 1. FC Magdeburg – played in East Germany's top flight, the

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. Stöcker won three titles with the team, winning the 1964, 1965 and 1969

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competitions. Altogether, Stöcker played in 342 competitive matches for the club, 185 of which in the Oberliga and 8 in the European competitions. Mostly playing as an

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, Stöcker scored 41 Oberliga and 2 in the European cups. Stöcker was regarded as an exceptionally fair player and has never been

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in his career. On 4 September 1963 Stöcker played in his first A international match as an outside left when East Germany drew 1–1 against

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in Magdeburg. He scored his four international goals on East Germany's Asian tour in the winter 1963–64. Here he scored in the 5–1 victory over Birma and three goals in the 12–1 win against

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. His last appearance was in the World Cup qualifier against

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on 25 April 1965. Of the 13 matches that the

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played for the

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, Stöcker appeared in 11. In the

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Stöcker played in three matches, winning the bronze medal. Stöcker ended his career in the Oberliga team with the 4–0 victory over

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in the FDGB-Pokal final on 31 May 1969, due to an injury. After helping the reserve team win promotion to the

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by scoring two goals in the decisive play-off match, Stöcker was given an official farewell before the kickoff to a friendly against

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on 26 July 1969. He worked as a youth coach for 1. FC Magdeburg later, and was assistant manager of the Oberliga team between 1976 and 1982.

Career statistics

International goals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stocker, Hermann 1938 births 2022 deaths People from Salzlandkreis Sportspeople from the Province of Saxony Footballers from Saxony-Anhalt German men's footballers East German men's footballers East Germany men's international footballers Olympic footballers for the United Team of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany Olympic medalists in football Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics 1. FC Magdeburg players DDR-Oberliga players Men's association football forwards