EuroHockey is saddened to hear of the death of Michael Krause, former President and Honorary President of the German Hockey Federation (DHB), recipient of the Olympic Order, a long-time member of the FIH Rules Committee, and a member of the German National Olympic Committee.
As a player, he was capped 82 times for Germany, playing in three Olympics Games, most memorably scoring the winning goal in the 60th minute of the final in Munich in 1972 against Pakistan. He also was part of the team that won the first European Championships in 1970 in Brussels.
A laywer by profession, he went on to become the president of TSC Eintracht Dortmund Hockey Club before becoming DHB President from 1993 to 1999. Following this tenure, he became one of just three people to be awarded the Honorary Presidency of the DHB.
From 2000 to 2003, he was chairman of the board of the Willi Daume Stiftung and received the Olympic Order from the then IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch.
He was a member of the FIH’s Rules Committee from 2006-2012. He remained part of the hockey family right up until the past year while he continued to offer his input and insights to the DHB for many years in his Honorary role.
Former EuroHockey board member and DHB President Carola Morgenstern-Meyer paid tribute to his huge input to our sport, saying: “He was amazing, he had so much knowledge about hockey and knew so many people around the world.
“He was such a funny, pleasant guy who was very respected by so many people.”
