Hans-Jürgen Ripp (24 June 1946 – 4 July 2021) was a German professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender. He spent nine seasons in the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams ...

with

Hamburger SV Hamburger Sport-Verein e.V. (), commonly known as Hamburger SV () or Hamburg (), or HSV (), is a German sports club based in Hamburg, with its largest branch being its Association football, football department. Though the current HSV was founde ...

. In August 2017, he was the player with the fourth most number of Bundesliga appearances without scoring a goal.

Personal life

Ripp was born in

Niendorf, Hamburg Niendorf () is one of 105 quarters of Hamburg, Germany in the Eimsbüttel borough. In 2020 the population was 40,906. Geography According to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the quarter has a total area of 12.7 km² . ...

. His father, Johannes, introduced him to the youth football of Hamburger SV. During his time with the youth teams, he acquired the nickname Ditschi. When he was 18 years old, he married Bärbel. Following his football career, he worked in the insurance industry. He had two daughters.

Honours

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European association football, football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The competition's official name was originally the European Cup Winners' Cup; it was renam ...

: 1976–77 *

: 1978–79; runner-up 1975–76 *

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal (), also known as the German Cup in English language, English, is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competiti ...

: 1975–76; runner-up 1973–74

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* 1946 births 2021 deaths Footballers from Hamburg German men's footballers Men's association football defenders Bundesliga players Hamburger SV players Lüneburger SK players West German men's footballers {{germany-footy-defender-1940s-stub