Horst Käsler was a German handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 player, coach, and author.

Käsler had his greatest success as a player in the 1950s. In 1955 he led the German national team

Germany national handball team

The Germany national handball team is the national handball team of Germany. Germany won the handball world cup in 1938, 1978 and in 2007 as the host of the handball world cup-Achievements:Olympic Games* winner in 1936...

 to a world championship in field handball.

After his career as a player, he coached at Berlin University and wrote several manuals on training tactics and conditioning for the game. On 1 October 1972, he succeeded Werner Vick as trainer of the German national team, a position he held until 1974.

Käsler committed suicide in 1987. In memory of his achievements, a sports hall in Berlin-Schmargendorf was named for him.