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Burkhard Pape
Personal information
Date of birth	30 October 1932
Place of birth	Magdeburg, Germany
Date of death	1 February 2024 (aged 91)
Position(s)	Right winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Hannover 96
	VfR Neumünster
	FSV Frankfurt
Managerial career
1961	Baden Amateur All-Stars
1966–1968	Sierra Leone
1968–1972	Uganda
1975	Zamalek
1975–1977	Egypt
	Sri Lanka
	Indonesia
	Thailand
	Papua New Guinea
	Tuvalu
2000–2001	Tanzania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Burkhard Pape (30 October 1932 – 1 February 2024) was a German professional football player and manager. After a brief playing career as a right winger, Pape became a football coach who spent nearly forty years managing national teams in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.

Playing career

Born in 1932 in Magdeburg,^[2] Pape played as a right winger for Hannover 96, VfR Neumünster and FSV Frankfurt.^[3]

Coaching career

In June and July 1961, Pape managed a German all-star team called the Baden Amateur All-Stars which toured the northeast United States, winning five out of six games.^[4]

Pape became manager of Uganda in 1968 after leaving his job coaching Sierra Leone.^[5] He left Uganda in August 1972, having won 41 out of the 70 games he had been in charge of.^[5] His next big job was as Egypt manager, a position he held from 1975 to 1977.^[6]

After leaving Egypt, Pape left Africa and managed teams across Asia and the Pacific, such as Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea and Tuvalu.^[3]

Pape returned to Africa to coach Tanzania at the 2000 Four Nation Castle Lager Cup.^[7]

Death

Pape died on 1 February 2024, at the age of 91.^[8]^[9]

References

^ "Burkhard Pape: Schwitzen Statt Sitzen". 19 December 2011.
^ "handreichung-fussball.pdf" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b Florian Gasser & Christoph Zotter (June 2010). "Idi Amins Coach" (in German). Datum. Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
^ Steve Holroyd. "The Year in American Soccer - 1961". American Soccer History Archives. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b Hassan Badru Zziwa (18 May 2009). "Why Pape is considered Cranes' greatest coach". The Observer. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
^ "Egyptian National Team Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
^ "Four Nations Castle Lager Cup (East Africa)". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
^ @svpullach1 (1 February 2024). "Der SV Pullach trauert zutiefst um Burkhard Pape". Retrieved 1 April 2024 – via Instagram.
^ Savignano, Umberto (22 March 2024). "Burkhard Papes Reise endet mit 91 Jahren" [Burkhard Pope's journey ends at the age of 91]. Merkur (in German). Retrieved 1 April 2024.