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Erwin Keller

1905 - 1971

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Erwin Keller (8 April 1905 in Concepción - 31 July 1971 in West Berlin) was a field hockey player from Germany, who won the silver medal for his country at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Four members of his family have won field hockey gold for Germany. His son Carsten Keller captured the gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics as did three of his children, all as strikers. Andreas became Olympic champion in 1992 (Barcelona), after winning silver at the two previous Olympics in Los Angeles (1984) and Seoul (1988). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erwin Keller is the 1,903rd most popular athlete (up from 1,937th in 2019), the 5,429th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,546th in 2019) and the 179th most popular German Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Erwin Keller ranks 1,903 out of 6,025Before him are Lennart Magnusson, John Hansen, Günther Haase, Erik Svensson, DeHart Hubbard, and Romolo Catasta. After him are Roman Šebrle, Josef Augusta, Bjørn Paulson, Iryna Yatchenko, Stig Sjölin, and Anna Dresden-Polak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Erwin Keller ranks 366Before him are Edvin Laine, Ernst Stueckelberg, Bernhard Minetti, Herman Steiner, Georges Grignard, and George Gulack. After him are Hale Asaf, Anthony Powell, Rodolfo Choperena, Sam Zimbalist, Eddie Condon, and Sheikh Abdullah. Among people deceased in 1971, Erwin Keller ranks 227Before him are Nikolay Rubtsov, Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, Glenda Farrell, Dorothy Comingore, Elemér Szathmáry, and Jan Palouš. After him are Chesty Puller, Ross Cuthbert, Otto Authén, King Curtis, Thomas C. Hart, and Lucien Hubbard.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erwin Keller ranks 5,432 out of 7,253Before him are Ursula Karven (1964), Marcel Schmelzer (1988), Frank Schaffer (1958), Matthias Behr (1955), Günther Haase (1925), and Wolfgang Tillmans (1968). After him are Nino de Angelo (1963), Wolfgang Hohlbein (1953), Hans-Werner Gessmann (1950), Curt Goetz (1888), Chris Gueffroy (1968), and Barbara Petzold (1955).

Among ATHLETES In Germany

Among athletes born in Germany, Erwin Keller ranks 179Before him are Franz Keller (1945), Uwe Hohn (1962), Sabine Busch (1962), Frank Schaffer (1958), Matthias Behr (1955), and Günther Haase (1925). After him are Rosa Kellner (1910), Harald Norpoth (1942), Margitta Pufe (1952), Liesel Westermann (1944), Christiane Krause (1950), and Marga Petersen (1919).