Team East Germany Roster @ Ice Hockey World Championships 1961
| GOALIES | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Pos | Age | Birthdate | Birthplace | HT | WT | SC | |
 | Klaus Hirche | G | 21 | 1939-06-07 | Weißwasser, Germany | 5'11" | 183 | L |
| Peter Kolbe | G | 21 | 1939-06-12 | Crimmitschau, Germany | L | ||
| DEFENSEMEN | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Pos | Age | Birthdate | Birthplace | HT | WT | SC | |
| Manfred Buder | D | 24 | 1936-03-24 | Cervena Voda, Czech Republic | 5'8" | 174 | L |
| Heinz Kuczera | D | 25 | 1935-06-06 | Weißwasser, Germany | |||
| Günter Heinicke | D | 27 | 1934-01-08 | Crimmitschau, Germany | |||
| Dieter Kratzsch | D | 21 | 1939-06-02 | Crimmitschau, Germany | 5'11" | 192 | |
| Horst Heinze | D | 23 | 1937-11-28 | Weißwasser, Germany | |||
| Heinz Schildan | D | 19 | 1941-05-18 | ||||
| Dieter Voigt | D | 22 | 1939-02-18 | Geising, Germany | 5'10" | 176 | |
| FORWARDS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Pos | Age | Birthdate | Birthplace | HT | WT | SC | |
| Joachim Ziesche | F | 21 | 1939-07-03 | Dresden, Germany | 6'4" | 201 | R |
| Siegfried Grimm | F | 21 | 1940-01-27 | Salzwedel, Germany | |||
| Bernd Hiller | F | 19 | 1942-02-26 | Berlin, Germany | 5'8" | 192 | |
| Erich Novy | F | 24 | 1937-02-05 | Dubi, Czech Republic | 5'7" | 159 | |
| Joachim Franke | F | 20 | 1940-03-30 | Weißwasser, Germany | |||
| Gerhard Klügel | F | 25 | 1936-01-08 | L | |||
| Bernd Poindl | F | 19 | 1941-08-30 | Weißwasser, Germany | 5'9" | 183 | |
| Karl Szengel | F | 24 | 1937-01-18 | ||||
Post-1980s IIHF World Championship stats sourced from: IIHF Official Website and the Official Guide & Record Books of the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation.
Pre-1980s stats sourced primarily from the wonderful Russian Hockey site https://ice-hockey-stat.com/ and their beautifully documented international hockey history.