Roland Ducke (19 November 1934 – 26 June 2005) was a German professional

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player. His younger brother

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ll pairs of brothers in the national team Trainer-Baade.de Ducke played almost whole his career for

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. On the national level he played for East Germany national team, Ducke played for this side from 1958 to 1967. In 1970, he won the award for the GDR Footballer of the Year. Ducke died on 26 June 2005 of

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* * * 1934 births 2005 deaths People from Benešov nad Ploučnicí German men's footballers East German men's footballers Sudeten German people FC Carl Zeiss Jena players East Germany men's international footballers People from Sudetenland DDR-Oberliga players Men's association football wingers People from Schönebeck People from Bezirk Magdeburg Footballers from Saxony-Anhalt {{Germany-footy-bio-stub