Kurt Weiß

Kurt " Kutti " White ( born March 30, 1906 in Berlin, † May 29, 1995 ) was a German hockey player.

Kutti White played in 1919 for the Berliner Sport-Club, in 1937 the first national title ever won it and defended the title in the year. 1944 White won another championship with the Air Force Sports Club Hamburg.

He made his debut in 1927 in the German national hockey team. At the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936, the striker was involved in three games in which he scored six goals. Among other things, he scored the only goal in the final against Germany at that time regarded as unbeatable Indian hockey team. The game ended with 1:8 and the German team won the silver medal. Overall, Kutti White worked from 1927 to 1937 in 40 countries playing with. As most capped player, he was only beaten by members of the national hockey team of 1956 as Hugo Budinger and Günther Ullerich.

In addition to his hockey career Kutti White was also a successful athlete. In 1926 he was at the German Championships in the decathlon second behind Arthur Wood, 1927, 1929 and 1930, he won the German championship title. In 1928, he joined the World University Games in the shot put ( fifth place with 12.93 meters ) and discus throwing at; Here he won the silver medal with 39.35 meters. 1927 and 1929 turned white in the decathlon in each case a German record, with his personal best of 1929 laid down 7626.11 points occupied the second place in the white world of Fame in 1929, his performance equivalent to 6494 points after scoring in force since 1985.

After the Second World War Kutti White worked as a hockey coach, he coached until 1972, the women's team of Harvestehuder THC, with whom he won six league titles.