Dieter Erler

Dieter Erler

150px Dieter Erler in 1964
Personal information
Date of birth	(1939-05-28)28 May 1939
Place of birth	Glauchau, Germany
Date of death
Place of death	Chemnitz, Germany
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1953–1957	Chemie Glauchau
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1958	Wismut Gera
1959–1965	SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt
1965–1972	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt
International career
1959–1968	East Germany	47	(12)
Managerial career
1974–1975	FC Karl-Marx-Stadt
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dieter Erler (born 28 May 1939 in Glauchau; died 10 April 1998 in Chemnitz) was a German footballer.

He began his footballing career with Chemie Glauchau in 1953. He transferred to Wismut Gera for the 1957 season and then after two seasons moved to SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt in January 1959. Erler was both a playmaker and a goalscoring midfielder.

In 1963, Erler moved to SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, where he played alongside the player described by Pelé as the best left-winger in the world at the time: Eberhard Vogel. In 1966–67 the team was crowned DDR-Oberliga champion.

Between 1959 and 1972 he played for SC Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt and then FC Karl-Marx-Stadt. During his career he gained between 1959 and 1968 47 international caps and scored 12 goals for East Germany.

He was voted GDR footballer of the year in 1967.