| International Played as forward in 81 games for the Austrian National Team ... Scored 27 goals and added 12 assists for 39 points ... From 1967 to 1972 he was the captain of the National Team ... Named the coach of the Austrian National Team in 1977 ... His son, Dieter Jr., is a member of the Austrian National Team.
Career At the age of 14 he began to play for the juniors of Klagenfurter AC ... In 1956, at 15, he made the seniors Klagenfurter AC team ... Played for this club until 1970 ... Spent two another seasons with ATSE Graz ... During his career he played on teams that won the national title 10 times ... Scored 116 goals and 57 assists for 173 points ... Coached Klagenfurter AC from 1974 to 1977 ... Under his coaching, the club won the national title twice, in 1976 and 1977. |
