Holger Brück

Holger Brück
Personal information
Date of birth (1947-09-30)30 September 1947
Place of birth Kassel, Hesse, Allied-occupied Germany
Date of death 19 July 2026(2026-07-19) (aged 78)
Place of death Kassel, Hesse, Germany
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1968 KSV Hessen Kassel II
1968–1972 KSV Hessen Kassel
1972–1981 Hertha BSC
1981 Calgary Boomers
1982 KSV Hessen Kassel
1983 Calgary Mustangs
1983–1987 Eintracht Baunatal
1987–1990 KSV Hessen Kassel
Managerial career
1987–1988 KSV Hessen Kassel (player-manager)
1988–1989 KSV Hessen Kassel II
1993 KSV Hessen Kassel
1994–1995 KSV Hessen Kassel II
1995–1996 KSV Hessen Kassel
2001 KSV Hessen Kassel
2011 KSV Hessen Kassel
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Holger Brück (30 September 1947 – 19 July 2026) was a German professional football player and manager.[1] He played as a defender. In 1983, he played for the Calgary Mustangs of the Canadian Professional Soccer League.[2]

Death

Brück died in Kassel on 19 July 2026, at the age of 78, following a long illness. His death was met with widespread mourning across German football, with official tributes released by both Hertha BSC and KSV Hessen Kassel commemorating his extensive legacy as a player, leader, and club savior.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Holger Brück at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Calgary Mustangs 1983 (CPSL)". nasljerseys.com.
  3. ↑ "Hertha BSC trauert um Holger Brück". herthabsc.com (in German). 20 July 2026. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  4. ↑ Knaack, Benjamin (20 July 2026). "Zum Tod des früheren Fußballers Holger Brück: Bei Hertha BSC Rekordspieler, in Kassel eine Legende". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 20 July 2026.