Midfielder Frank Baum was on the final East German football (soccer) squad at the 1980 Moskva Olympics that won the silver medal after losing the final against Czechoslovakia 1-0. In total, he earned 17 international caps and 11 more with the GDR Olympic team.
Domestically, Baum played with 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig from 1978-89 in 202 Oberliga matches and scored 6 goals. He helped Leipzig to win the East German cup in 1981, 1986, and 1987. In 1987, Leipzig reached the final in the European Cup Winners’ Cup losing against Ajax Amsterdam 1-0. After German re-unification he moved to BSG Chemie Böhlen, FC Sachsen Leipzig, and VfB Zwenkau. Baum later became a football coach at lower league clubs.
East Germany