Karl Kreutzberg (15 February 1912 – 13 August 1977) was a

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field handball Field handball (also known as outdoor handball or grass handball) was a form of what is now handball and was played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. The sport is played on a grass field (similar to an association football field) between lo ...

player who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. He was part of the German field handball team, which won the gold medal. He played two matches including the final as goalkeeper. After the war he lived in Düren/Nordrhein-Westfalen.

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1912 births 1977 deaths German male handball players Olympic handball players for Germany Field handball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Germany-handball-Olympic-medalist-stub