Zum Tod von Petr Strobl: Ein Nachruf auf den Meister-Macher des TC Amberg am Schanzl

Mit Petr Strobl erlebte der TC Amberg am Schanzl seine erfolgreichste Zeit im Tennis. "Er war ein genialer Tennistrainer - spielerisch und strategisch", sagt sein Wegbegleiter Dieter Heckmann über den gebürtigen Tschechoslowaken.

von Reiner Fröhlich

Die Kernmannschaft des fünffachen Deutschen Meisters TC Amberg am Schanzl Ende der 1970er Jahre (von links): Karl Hackl, Wolfgang Walder, Reinhart Probst, Werner Zirngibl, Helmut Fickentscher, Heiner Seuß, Max Wünschig, Norbert Henn, Karl Meiler, Petr Strobl und Dieter Heckmann.

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Petr Strobl in Aktion. Zu Beginn der Schanzl-Ära im deutschen Tennis spielte er noch selbst mit. Bild: Georg Gruber

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Diese Mannschaft gewann 1978 für den TC Amberg am Schanzl den ersten Titel des Deutschen Meisters im Tennis. Petr Strobl (hinten Zweiter von rechts) spielte damals an Nummer eins. Bild: exb

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