Dietmar Bruck

Dietmar Bruck (born 19 April 1944) is a former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a full back for Coventry City, where he spent the majority of his career, Charlton Athletic and Northampton Town.[1]

Dietmar Bruck
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-04-19) 19 April 1944
Place of birth Danzig, Germany
Position(s) Full back
Youth career
– Coventry City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1970 Coventry City 189 (7)
1970–1972 Charlton Athletic 56 (0)
1972–1974 Northampton Town 41 (0)
1974–1975 Nuneaton Borough
1975–1977 Weymouth
Teams managed
1975–1977 Weymouth (player-manager)
1977–19xx Redditch United
1985 Leamington (caretaker manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Bruck began his football career as an apprentice with Coventry City, and made his league debut at home to Swindon Town on 28 April 1961, aged just 17 years 9 days.[2] He became the first substitute used by Coventry City when he replaced Ron Farmer in a 3–3 draw against Manchester City on 4 September 1965.[3] He was part of the Coventry team that won the Second Division title in 1967,[4] and played 189 league games for the club.[1]

He moved to Charlton Athletic in October 1970 for a fee of £15,000,[5] and two years later joined Northampton Town.

After leaving Northampton he was part of the Nuneaton Borough team that reached the first round proper of the 1974–75 FA Cup[6] before moving to Weymouth as player-manager. He was sacked from his post at Weymouth in January 1977,[7] subsequently managed Redditch United and Racing Club Warwick, [4] and in the 1985–86 season had a week as caretaker manager of Leamington.[8]

Personal life

Bruck was born in Danzig, then in Germany, and came to England as a child. He was raised in Coventry and attended Bishop Ullathorne RC School.[9] After his football career came to an end, he worked as a financial consultant for an insurance company,[4] and after retirement worked as a "community champion" with Tesco in Coventry.[10][11] He was married to Maureen until her death, and in 2003 survived a car crash in which his partner, Sue, was killed.[9]

References
  1. Dietmar Bruck at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  2. Padgett, Richard (29 August 2009). "Jeffers enters top ten of Coventry City youngsters". Coventry Telegraph. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  3. Brown, Jim (28 August 2004). "The City subs who scored at the double" (reprint). Coventry Telegraph. FindArticles. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  4. Struthers, Greg (19 September 2004). "Caught in Time: Coventry win the Second Division title, 1967". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  5. "Campbell and Rodrigues transferred". The Times. 15 October 1970. p. 21.
  6. "Tooting gain 1,200 tickets for cup tie". The Times. 26 November 1974. p. 13.
  7. "Terras' Timeline". Weymouth F.C. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  8. Edwards, Paul. "Southern League Midland Division 1985–1986". Leamington F.C. Archived from the original on 9 March 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  9. Nanda, Samantha (1 October 2003). "Ex-Sky Blues star tells of crash tragedy" (reprint). Coventry Telegraph. FindArticles. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  10. "Ex-Coventry star Dietmar Bruck runs fun day at Ricoh Arena Tesco". Coventry Telegraph. 25 June 2009. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  11. "Donation brightens up day". George Eliot Hospital. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  • Dietmar Bruck at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
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