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Footballer (born 1944) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dietmar Bruck (born 19 April 1944) is a former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a full-back for Coventry City, where he spent the majority of his career, Charlton Athletic and Northampton Town.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 April 1944 | ||
Place of birth | Danzig, Germany | ||
Position(s) | Full-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Coventry City | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1961–1970 | Coventry City | 189 | (7) |
1970–1972 | Charlton Athletic | 56 | (0) |
1972–1974 | Northampton Town | 41 | (0) |
1974–1975 | Nuneaton Borough | ||
1975–1977 | Weymouth | ||
Managerial career | |||
1975–1977 | Weymouth (player-manager) | ||
1977–19xx | Redditch United | ||
1985 | Leamington (caretaker manager) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Bruck began his football career as an apprentice with Coventry City, and made his league debut at home to Swindon Town on 28 April 1961, aged just 17 years 9 days.[2] He became the first substitute used by Coventry City when he replaced Ron Farmer in a 3–3 draw against Manchester City on 4 September 1965.[3] He was part of the Coventry team that won the Second Division title in 1967,[4] and played 189 league games for the club.[1]
He moved to Charlton Athletic in October 1970 for a fee of £15,000,[5] and two years later joined Northampton Town.
After leaving Northampton he was part of the Nuneaton Borough team that reached the first round proper of the 1974–75 FA Cup[6] before moving to Weymouth as player-manager. He was sacked from his post at Weymouth in January 1977,[7] subsequently managed Redditch United and Racing Club Warwick,[4] and in the 1985–86 season had a week as caretaker manager of Leamington.[8]
Bruck was born in Danzig, then in Germany, and came to England as a child. He was raised in Coventry and attended Bishop Ullathorne RC School.[9] After his football career came to an end, he worked as a financial consultant for an insurance company,[4] and after retirement worked as a "community champion" with Tesco in Coventry. Bruck also worked part time as a PE Teacher at Abbotsford School in Kenilworth in the late 1970s.[10][11] He was married to Maureen until her death, and in 2003 survived a car crash in which his partner, Sue, was killed.[9]
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