Alfred Steinke

Alfred Wilhelm Steinke (June 6, 1881 in Berlin, Germany - May 1945 in Berlin) was a German hockey player who was active in the sport for 31 years.

The savvy and reliable Steinke, who was active both as a goaltender and a defenseman, first played for BFC Preussen in 1900-01, although he spent the majority of his club career with Berliner Schlittschuhclub. He won nine German Championships with BSC.

Steinke competed for the German National Team as a player at the Ice Hockey European Championships four times between 1910 and 1914 and also took part in the three LIHG Championships held from 1912-1914. He played for Germany as a goaltender at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz.

After retiring from playing competitively in 1931 Steinke became a referee. He was the ice hockey commissioner for the Deutscher Eissport-Verband and the co-editor of a newspaper called "Eis- und Rollsport" during the 1930s.

He saw action in Romania in World War I and was killed in Berlin in May 1945 as World War II drew to a close. Steinke had worked as a salesman and was posthumously inducted into the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame.