Hans Sturm was a German

Germany

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 football player. He was born in Schönau an der Katzbach

Swierzawa

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, Lower Silesia

Lower Silesia

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 and died in Köln

KOLN

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The goalscoring inside right midfielder

Midfielder

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, who won the first Bundesliga

Fußball-Bundesliga

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 trophy with 1. FC Köln

1. FC Köln

1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....

 in 1964, played just one of his three internationals for West Germany outside a FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

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. Therefore he was part at the 1958 FIFA World Cup

1958 FIFA World Cup

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 and at the 1962 FIFA World Cup

1962 FIFA World Cup

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, playing one match on each occasion.

With 1. FC Köln Sturm also won the West German football championship in 1962.

His son Ralf

Ralf Sturm

Ralf Sturm is a retired German football player. He is the son of Hans Sturm.-Honours:* DFB-Pokal finalist: 1991.* Bundesliga runner-up: 1989, 1990.-External links:...

(born 18 October 1968) was a striker for 1. FC Köln in the Bundesliga himself, netting 28 goals in 121 games as a striker in between 1988 and 1994.