Bernd Bransch
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Bernd Bransch (24 September 1944 – 11 June 2022)[1] was a footballer from East Germany who played as a sweeper.
Career
Bransch began his sporting career as a youngster at BSG Motor Halle-Süd. The son of a locksmith was then allowed to join sports club SC Chemie Halle in 1954. Bransch played throughout his career for SC Chemie Halle and its successor, Hallescher FC Chemie – except for the 1973/74 season, in which he played for FC Carl Zeiss Jena.[2]
In 1968 and 1974 he was honoured as East German Footballer of the Year.
Bransch participated in the Munich Olympics 1972, in which his East German team secured a bronze medal, and in the gold-medal winning Montreal Olympics 1976 side.[3] He also played in the 1974 FIFA World Cup.[4]
In total Bransch played 317 league games, scoring 43 goals.
References
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- 1944 births
- 2022 deaths
- Footballers from Halle (Saale)
- Sportspeople from the Province of Saxony
- German men's footballers
- East German men's footballers
- Men's association football sweepers
- East Germany men's international footballers
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for East Germany
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
- 1974 FIFA World Cup players
- DDR-Oberliga players
- FC Carl Zeiss Jena players
- Hallescher FC players
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- Footballers from Bezirk Halle