About Xaver Unsinn
Lived 1929 – 2012 (aged 82). Xaver Unsinn was a German ice hockey player, ice hockey coach and coach.
Xaver Unsinn (29 November 1929 – 4 January 2012) was a German ice hockey player and coach. His greatest success was winning the bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics as coach of the German national team. He also competed at the 1952 and 1960 Winter Olympics.
Unsinn was coach of the German national team on three occasions, 1964, 1975 to 1977 and, again, from 1981 to 1990, coaching the team in 221 internationals.
He was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1998.
He died on 4 January 2012.
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Who was Xaver Unsinn?
German ice hockey player (1929–2012)
When was Xaver Unsinn born?
Xaver Unsinn was born on 29 November 1929 in Füssen.
When did Xaver Unsinn die?
Xaver Unsinn died on 4 January 2012 in Füssen.
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Xaver Unsinn was an ice hockey player, ice hockey coach and coach.
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Xaver Unsinn was German.
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