Joschi Groh

Midfielder Jürgen Groh was on the West German football (soccer) team that lost the quarter final against Yugoslavia 5-2 and finished on fifth place at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He won two full international caps and also played with the Olympic team 14 times.

Domestically, Groh played with 1. FC Kaiserslautern (1976-80, 1986-89) and Hamburger SV (1980-85) helping the latter to win the German Championship in 1982 and 1983, and the European Champions’ Cup against Juventus Torino in 1983 (1-0). In total, Groh played 351 Bundesliga matches and scored seven goals. In 1985 he moved to Turkey for six months to play with Trabzonspor. By profession, Groh was a mail carrier and worked in that job again after his soccer career.