Lorenz Funk Sr. (17 March 1947 in

Bad Tölz Bad Tölz (; Bavarian language, Bavarian: ''Däiz'') is a Town#Germany, town in Bavaria, Germany and the administrative center of the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district. History Archaeology has shown continuous occupation of the site of Bad Tö ...

– 29 September 2017 in Greiling) was an

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player who played for the West German national team. He won a bronze medal at the

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

. He came back from retirement to play with his sons Florian and Lorenz Jr.

Career

As a player Funk played with two teams in both Oberliga and

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leagues: *

EC Bad Tölz EC Bad Tölz is an ice hockey team in Bad Tölz, Germany. They play in the Oberliga, the third level of German ice hockey. History The club was founded in 1928. They won the Ice hockey Bundesliga twice in the 1960s. In 2005, Bad Tölz was releg ...

1965–1972, 1989–1990 *

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1972–1981, 1983–1986, 1988, 2003 * Riessersee SC 1982–1983 As head coach he coached both his old teams and two other German professional teams: *

1983–1984, 1986–1987 *

1988–1990 * SV Bayreuth 1900–1991 (

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league) *

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1991–2000 He was manager, director and eventually president of the

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Awards

* 1990

Bundesverdienstkreuz The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...

(Federal Cross of Merit).

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Funk, Lorenz 1947 births 2017 deaths Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Olympic ice hockey players for West Germany Olympic medalists in ice hockey West German ice hockey forwards Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Sportspeople from Bad Tölz Ice hockey people from Upper Bavaria German ice hockey forwards