Background
He was born in Schönau an der Katzbach, Lower Silesia and died in Cologne.
He was born in Schönau an der Katzbach, Lower Silesia and died in Cologne.
With 1. Football Club Köln in the Bundesliga himself, netting 28 goals in 121 games as a striker in between 1988 and 1994.
The goalscoring inside right midfielder, who won the first Bundesliga trophy with 1. Football Club Köln in 1964, played just one of his three internationals for West Germany outside a Fédération internationale de football association World Cup. Therefore he was part at the 1958 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup and at the 1962 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup, playing one match on each occasion. Football Club Köln, Sturm also won the West German football championship in 1962.