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Timo Konietzka Obituary
Konietzka had been suffering from cancer when he died on Monday at his home in Brunnen, Switzerland.
In a death notice published by Zurich daily Blick on Tuesday, Konietzka thanked the Swiss assisted suicide group Exit for helping him end his life.
Konietzka was playing for Borussia Dortmund when he scored the first Bundesliga goal in the first minute of a match against Werder Bremen on Aug. 24, 1963.
He won the Bundesliga with Dortmund that year and again three years later with 1860 Muenchen.
Konietzka moved to Switzerland in 1967, and as a trainer he won the Swiss league from 1974-76 with FC Zurich and in 1982 with Grasshoppers Zurich.
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Jeanette
March 21, 2012
To the family and friends of Timo Konietzka,
I am so sorry for your loss. Those who die God keeps in his memory because they are precious in his eyes - Psalm 116:15
Robyn
March 18, 2012
To the Konietzka family: I am very sorry to hear of your loss. Isa.33:24
March 16, 2012
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.
March 14, 2012
May your friends and family bring you comfort and help you through this difficult time, and may the hope to see your loved one again bring you peace.
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trish brown
March 14, 2012
God Bless.
Good luck on that big soccer field in heaven.
March 14, 2012
May prayer give you solace at this mournful of time. Psalms 66:19
FF
March 13, 2012
May you have peace knowing that your loved one suffers no more.(1 John 3:20) . . .God is greater than our hearts and knows all things. . .
sherron
March 13, 2012
Please accept my sincere condolence.May you be granted much comfort in your time of need.For GOD is with those crushed in spirit.(Isaiah 57:15)
Harts
March 13, 2012
Our condolences for your loss. May our Heavenly Father, the God of comfort and tender mercies be with you all. With deep sympathy,
March 13, 2012
I am so sorry for your lost. May you and your family rely on God in this time if grief.
March 13, 2012
To the family. Losing someone who has being a part of your life for so many years must be very difficult. May it help to ease the hurt you feel now to know that others care and are thinking of you at this sad time. With deepest sympathy. (Psalms 61:3)
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