Horst Kemmling Explained

Horst Kemmling
Birth Name:Horst Kemmling
Ru Position:?
Ru Amupdate:22 March 2010
Repyears1:1976 - 1994
Repteam1:Germany
Repcaps1:50
Ru Ntupdate:21 March 2011

Horst Kemmling is a retired German international rugby union player, having played for the TSV Victoria Linden in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the German national rugby union team.

Kemmling was, until 27 October 2012, Germany's record rugby international, having played 50 internationals for his country between 1976 and 1994. With the opening game of Germany's 2012–14 campaign, Alexander Widiker played his 51st game for his country, thereby surpassing Kemmling's record.[1]

Kemmling has also captained Germany for a lengthy period of time during that era.[2] During his time at Viktoria Linden, he won five German championships with the club.[3]

He was the captain of the German team that won promotion to the A-group of European rugby in 1981, something Germany did not achieve again until 2008.[4]

He is now the chairman of his old club, TSV Victoria Linden.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rugby-verband.de/?data[pageid]=12&data[newsid]=zi6d8r Rekord für Snakko
  2. http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/1815/169/ 100 Jahre Endspiel der deutschen Rugby-Meisterschaft: Stuttgart - Hannover
  3. http://www.totalrugby.de/content/view/969/41/ Deutsches Rugby: Ein Gespräch mit Horst Kemmling
  4. http://www.rugby-verband.de/cms/index.php?id=71 Der DRV in Europa und der Welt
  5. http://www.totalrugby.de/component/option,com_joomleague/func,showClubInfo/p,4/cid,15/Itemid,53/ Vereinsinformationen TSV Victoria Linden