Markus Egen

Markus Egen played at three consecutive Winter Olympics with the German ice hockey team: 1952 at Oslo (8th), 1956 at Cortina d’Ampezzo (6th) and 1960 at Squaw Valley (6th). In 1964 at Innsbruck he acted as an assistant coach of the team.

From 1946-61 he played for EV Füssen, with whom he won the German Championship eight times in 1949 and between 1953-59. He also won the international Spengler Cup in 1952 as Füssen became the first German team to win it for 24 years. After his playing career Egen took up coaching, also with EV Füssen, and won five more national titles. For the German national team he won 99 international caps and scored 72 goals. In 1953 he won the silver medal at the World Championships, and he was inducted into the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988. His sons Hans-Peter and Uli Egen were also German internationals.