German players for CAFC

Mr. Happy said:

Dietmar Bruck was with us in the 70's. Apparently a full back that spent most of his career at Coventry. 

That’s right. He played about fifty games for us - I saw most of the home games - after a long career in the First Division with Coventry. A left back, as I remember.

Oxfordaddick said:

Mr. Happy said:

Dietmar Bruck was with us in the 70's. Apparently a full back that spent most of his career at Coventry. 

That’s right. He played about fifty games for us - I saw most of the home games - after a long career in the First Division with Coventry. A left back, as I remember.

Built like a brick shit house, thighs like tree trunks as I remember.  

guinnessaddick said:

 Never made a first team appearance, but spent many years with the club as a youngster, Alex Varney.

Alex isnt German is he? - He's Peter's son

https://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/93392/german-pows/p1

IIRC, we were given the opportunity of signing Oliver Bierhoff after our Anglo Italian game with, I think, Ascoli. But we turned it down for whatever reason. The rest, as they say, is history .. AC Milan, Monaco 😭

guinnessaddick said:

 Never made a first team appearance, but spent many years with the club as a youngster, Alex Varney.

Says he’s English on Wikipedia. Unless Peter Varney married to a German?

Always wanted us to sign Bernd Holzenbein, albeit way above our league as a West German World Cup winner in 1974.
Holzenbein very nearly translates to wooden leg in English, seems like we have had a good few players like that over the years.

eaststandmike said:

Oxfordaddick said:

Mr. Happy said:

Dietmar Bruck was with us in the 70's. Apparently a full back that spent most of his career at Coventry. 

That’s right. He played about fifty games for us - I saw most of the home games - after a long career in the First Division with Coventry. A left back, as I remember.

Built like a brick shit house, thighs like tree trunks as I remember.  

I was only about 8, but when I think of Bruck I visualise Scotty out of Star Trek.

killerandflash said:

Dave Rudd said:

Oxfordaddick said:

Mr. Happy said:

Dietmar Bruck was with us in the 70's. Apparently a full back that spent most of his career at Coventry. 

That’s right. He played about fifty games for us - I saw most of the home games - after a long career in the First Division with Coventry. A left back, as I remember.

It's interesting.  We always understood that Dietmar Bruck was German, but Wikipedia has him listed as born in Danzig (Germany) in 1944.

Now, isn't Danzig the modern-day Gdansk?  Which would make Bruck Polish?

Maybe the Eastern Europe history scholars can make a definitive pronouncement.

Other players?

Carlton Kohl.

Paul Bunsen.

And, of course, the two Benz ... Marcus and Darren.

Danzig was under German control at the time, and his family were German. Googling him, Theo Foley wrote about him in his book (exert here)

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ynaFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT124&lpg=PT124&dq=Dietmar+Bruck+german+polish&source=bl&ots=vxzewlzlis&sig=ACfU3U0wT2hWzS4eZOki1TjO4uQW--E01g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiA-r7skd_4AhXTbMAKHQ9CCFYQ6AF6BAgWEAM#v=onepage&q=Dietmar Bruck german polish&f=false

Great link.  Thanks.

seth plum said:

Dietmar Bruck looked like his name if that makes sense, a right unit who ‘brooked’ no nonsense.

Bruck shuthouse

We had Adolf Uboat, think he came on as a sub.

iaitch said:

We had Adolf Uboat, think he came on as a sub.

Well worth a LOL that one, c'mon you miserable bastewards!

Which Germans have played for Charlton? Reply from German Addicks - WE ask the questions!!

Danzig was created after WW1 as a German exclave, and the surrounding Polish territory was a permanent grievance for the Ethels. In 1939 the Poles defended gallantly, especially in the Polish Post Office in the city, but they were swiftly overwhelmed. In 1945 when the fortunes of war were running against Germany millions fled from the Baltic provinces to escape the advancing Red Army. There was dreadful loss of life, the worst incident being the sinking of the liner Wilhelm Gustloff with almost 10000 passengers aboard, torpedoed in freezing January waters by a Russian submarine on the orders of its drunken captain. The infant Dietmar Bruck and his mother managed to reach British held territory, but his father, a soldier, lost his life late in the war when travelling by train, whether by accident or direct military action is not known. Mother and son eventually reached England. 

Steven Sessegnon, if we get him, has SS in his name.