Horst Käsler (18 April 1926 – 17 December 1987) was a German
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
player, coach, author, and university professor.
Käsler had his greatest success as a player in the 1950s. In 1955 he led the
German national team
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ge ...
to a world championship in field handball.
After his career as a player, he taught at the ′′West Berlin Teachers Training College′′ rising to the rank of full professor and chair of the Physical Education Department; he published several manuals on training
tactics and conditioning for the game. On 1 October 1972, he succeeded
Werner Vick as part-time coach of the West German national team, a position he held until 1974.
In memory of his achievements, a sports hall in
Berlin-Schmargendorf
Schmargendorf () is a south-western locality (''Ortsteil'') of Berlin in the district (''Bezirk'') of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. Until 2001 it was part of the former district of Wilmersdorf.
Geography
Schmargendorf borders with the localities o ...
was named for him.
1926 births
1987 deaths
German male handball players
German handball coaches
Suicides in Germany
{{Germany-handball-bio-stub