Werner UNGER

As the East German national team won the inter-national qualification matches in 1963 against the West German amateur national team by a 3-0 win in Leipzig and a 2-1 loss in Hannover, the German Olympic team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics was an East German one. The team won the bronze medal, beating Egypt, 3-1.

Midfielder Werner Unger started his soccer career with BSG Motor Zwickau, but moved to ASK Vorwärts Berlin in 1956. He played for them until 1968 and won East German national titles in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1965, and 1966. With Berlin he played 270 Oberliga matches and 15 European Cup matches. With the GDR national team he earned seven international caps, and with the Olympic team he had five caps.