Goalkeeper Tobias Frank was a member of the West German male field hockey teams that won silver medals at the 1984 Los Angeles and the 1988 Seoul Olympics. In 1984, the team lost the final against Pakistan 2-1 after extra time, and in 1988 Great Britain won the gold medal after a 3-1. Frank won 113 international caps (including 35 indoor) between 1979-89. He was European Indoor Champion in 1980 and 1988. He also won the silver medal at the 1982 Worlds, and bronze medals at both the Worlds in 1986 and Europeans in 1987, and was a Champions Trophy winner 1986-88.
Domestically, Frank played with Rüsselsheimer RK. He initially studied sports in Mainz, then switched to medical studies from 1982-88, specializing in surgery and trauma surgery. He then was employed by hospitals in the Upper Palatinate, in Waldsassen and Tirschenreuth.
West Germany