Peter Grosser (28 September 1938 – 2 March 2021) was a German football player and coach.

Club career

As a player, he spent six seasons in the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

with

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, captaining the club for the

1965–66 Bundesliga The 1965–66 Bundesliga was the third season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 14 August 1965 and ended on 28 May 1966. Werder Bremen were the defending champions. Competition modus Every team played two gam ...

title and scoring 49 goals in 130 West German top-flight appearances.

International career

He also represented

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on two occasions, in a 1966 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Sweden and in a friendly against

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Death

Grosser died on 2 March 2021 at the age of 82.

Honours

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tourn ...

finalist: 1964–65 *

: 1965–66 *

DFB-Pokal The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered ...

: 1963–64

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* * * * 1938 births 2021 deaths German footballers Germany men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Germany men's B international footballers Bundesliga players FC Bayern Munich footballers TSV 1860 Munich players FC Red Bull Salzburg players German football managers SpVgg Unterhaching managers Footballers from Munich West German footballers West German expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria West German expatriate sportspeople in Austria {{germany-footy-midfielder-1930s-stub