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4 october 2012 german 14 december 1956 `` sepp '' erhard wunderlich 01.jpg erhard wunderlich
 erhard wunderlich
erhard wunderlich

erhard `` sepp '' wunderlich -lrb- december 14 , 1956 -- october 4 , 2012 -rrb- was a german handball player .
wunderlich was born in augsburg .
as a member of the west german handball team , he won the 1978 world men 's handball championship and the silver medal at the 1984 summer olympics .
at the latter tournament he played all six matches and scored 22 goals .
he played club handball for the vfl gummersbach from 1976 to 1983 when he left to join fc barcelona .
he later returned to germany to play for the tsv milbertshofen .
during his club career he won four european cups and two german championships .
in 1999 he was voted german handballer of the century .
he died , aged 55 , in cologne of skin cancer .
he was buried in his home town augsburg , as was his last wish , on 10 october 2012 .
