Manfred Buder

Manfred Buder played ice hockey for 18 years with SG Dynamo Weißwasser, from 1952-70, helping them win East German national titles from 1958-65, and 1969-70. In 1966 Buder won a bronze medal at the Europeans, which the team received only in 1999. In total Buder earned 202 international caps and became one of the world’s best defensemen during the 1960s. He was inducted into the German Hockey Hall of Fame in 1999.

In 1968 the only Olympic match between the two Germanys took place at Grenoble. The match was won by West Germany 4-2 in the final round in 17th February, resulting in a seventh place finish for West Germany and eighth for East Germany. As a result, in 1970 the East German government decided not to give further state support to ice hockey.