Dieter Kurrat

Dieter 'Hoppi' Kurrat (15 May 1942 – 27 October 2017) was a German football player and coach. His brother, Hans-Jürgen Kurrat, also played football professionally.

Dieter Kurrat

Personal information
Date of birth	(1942-05-15)15 May 1942
Place of birth	Dortmund, Germany
Date of death	27 October 2017(2017-10-27) (aged 75)
Place of death	Holzwickede, Germany
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder/Defender
Youth career
	FC Merkur
	Borussia Dortmund
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1974	Borussia Dortmund	309	(17)
1974–1976	SV Holzwickede
International career
1960	West Germany U18	6	(0)
1965	West Germany U23	1	(0)
Managerial career
1973	Borussia Dortmund
1974–1976	SV Holzwickede
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

As a player, he spent nine seasons in the Bundesliga (a German professional association football league) with Borussia Dortmund.^[1] Nicknamed "Hoppy", he became a club legend, winning the German Championship, the DFB Cup, in 1965 and the European Cup Winner's Cup in 1966.

Death

Kurrat died on 27 October 2017.^[2]

Honours

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1965–66
• Bundesliga runner-up: 1965–66
• DFB-Pokal winner: 1964–65; finalist 1962–63