{{Short description|German footballer (1941–2024)}} {{Sources|date=March 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Peter Kunter | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|4|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Berlin, Germany | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|3|18|1941|4|28|df=y}} | death_place = | height = 1.73 m | position = Goalkeeper | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1961 | youthclubs1 = Eintracht Wetzlar | years1 = 1961–1965 | clubs1 = Freiburger FC | caps1 = 133 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1965–1977 | clubs2 = Eintracht Frankfurt | caps2 = 234 | goals2 = 0 | totalcaps = 367 | totalgoals = 0 | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = }}
'''Peter Kunter''' (28 April 1941 – 18 March 2024) was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, spending most of his career with Eintracht Frankfurt.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/kunterpeter/ | title = Peter Kunter | language = German | publisher = fussballdaten.de | accessdate = 6 February 2010}}</ref>
==Career== Kunter was born in Berlin, Germany. Playing for Eintracht Wetzlar, he was capped for the German youth national team in 1958, making nine appearances. Afterwards he played four times for the amateur national team. From 1961 on, Kunter studied dentistry, sports and German studies in Freiburg while playing for second-tier Freiburger FC. For Freiburger FC he made 133 league appearances.<ref name="kicker"/>
In 1965, he moved to Eintracht Frankfurt, amassing 234 Bundesliga games and 17 games in DFB-Pokal and UEFA Cup/Cup Winners Cup. In December 1969, he received a doctorate of dentistry. He played in the final of the first DFB-Pokal win of the Eagles in 1974 against the Hamburger SV. The next time one year later against MSV Duisburg he was a substitute.
At 1.73 metres, Kunter was some inches too small to seriously compete with his rivals in the national team (Maier, Nigbur, Kleff, Franke) and never played for the senior national team.
Kunter retired in 1976. Between 1977 and 1979, he was vice chairman of Eintracht Frankfurt and from 2001 until 2005 he was a member of the club's administrative board.
==Death== Kunter died on 18 March 2024, at the age of 82.<ref name="kicker">{{cite web |title=Frankfurt trauert um "fliegenden Zahnarzt" Kunter |trans-title=Frankfurt trauert um "fliegenden Zahnarzt" Kunter |url=https://www.kicker.de/frankfurt-trauert-um-fliegenden-zahnarzt-kunter-1003396/artikel |website=kicker |access-date=18 March 2024 |language=German |date=18 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="hartmann">{{cite news |last1=Hartmann |first1=Luca |title=Pokalsieger, Vizepräsident, Zahnarzt: Eintracht trauert um Torhüter-Legende |trans-title=Pokalsieger, Vizepräsident, Zahnarzt: Eintracht trauert um Torhüter-Legende |url=https://www.fr.de/eintracht-frankfurt/peter-kunter-tot-eintracht-frankfurt-news-torwart-dfb-pokal-todesursache-zr-92899253.html |access-date=18 March 2024 |work=Frankfurter Rundschau |date=18 March 2024 |language=German}}</ref>
==Honours==
'''Eintracht Frankfurt''' *DFB-Pokal: 1973–74, 1974–75<ref name="hartmann"/>
* UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1966–67<ref>{{cite web |title= Inter Bratislava - Eintracht Frankfurt |trans-title= Inter Bratislava - Eintracht Frankfurt |url=http://www.eintracht-archiv.de/1966/1967-05-16st.html |website=eintracht-archiv.de |access-date=21 April 2024 |language=German |date=21 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Eintracht Frankfurt - Inter Bratislava |trans-title= Eintracht Frankfurt - Inter Bratislava |url=http://www.eintracht-archiv.de/1966/1967-06-17st.html |website=eintracht-archiv.de |access-date=21 April 2024 |language=German |date=21 April 2024}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kunter, Peter}} Category:1941 births Category:2024 deaths Category:20th-century German dentists Category:German men's footballers Category:West German men's footballers Category:Footballers from Berlin Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Bundesliga players Category:Freiburger FC players Category:Eintracht Frankfurt players