Paul Tröger
Paul Tröger (28 June 1913 – 20 January 1992) was a German chess player and sport journalist, West Germany Chess Championship winner (1957). Biography. Paul Tröger won three medals in West Germany Chess Championship: gold (1957), silver (1949) and bronze (1961). He won international chess tournaments in Kirchheim unter Teck (1947) and Kapfenberg (1955, shared 1st place with Karl Robatsch). Paul Tröger played for West Germany in the Chess Olympiads: Paul Tröger played for West Germany in the European Team Chess Championships: Also Paul Tröger played for West Germany in Clare Benedict Chess Cup (1958, 1962-1963, 1969) and  in team competition won 2 gold (1962, 1963) and 2 bronze (1958, 1969) medals. With chess club "SG Porz" he three times won Chess Bundesliga (1967, 1979, 1982) and two times participated in European Chess Club Cup. In the period from 1951 to 1955 Paul Tröger was the editor-in-chief of sports magazine "Kicker". Later he was the editor of the publications in football magazine "Fußball-Woche" and chess magazine "Deutschen Schachblätter". In 1985, Paul Tröger received the media prize of the German Chess Union.