Hermann Stöcker

Who is Hermann Stöcker?

Hermann Stöcker is a former East German football player.

Stöcker grew up in Borne, 10 miles south of Magdeburg. He began to play football in the local BSG Traktor and in 1953 joined BSG Traktor Heyrothsberge. Three years later, in 1956, Stöcker joined BSG Motor Mitte Magdeburg and played in his first competitive match on 8 January 1956 against Motor Nordhausen West, winning 2–1. From 1960 onwards his team – renamed SC Aufbau Magdeburg, after 22 December 1. FC Magdeburg – played in East Germany's top flight, the DDR-Oberliga. Stöcker won three titles with the team, winning the 1964, 1965 and 1969 FDGB-Pokal competitions. Altogether, Stöcker played in 342 competitive matches for the club, 185 of which in the Oberliga and 8 in the European competitions. Mostly playing as an outside forward, Stöcker scored 41 Oberliga and 2 in the European cups. Stöcker was regarded as an exceptionally fair player and has never been sent off in his career.

On 4 September 1963 Stöcker played in his first A international match as an outside left when East Germany drew 1–1 against Bulgaria in Magdeburg. He scored his four international goals on East Germany's Asian tour in the winter 1963–64.