Gerhard Harpers

{{Short description|German footballer (1928–2016)}}

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|fullname = Gerhard Harpers

|birth_date = {{birth date|1928|3|12|df=y}}

|birth_place = Bochum, Germany[http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/gerhard-harpers/ Profile] at worldfootball.net

|death_date = {{death-date and age|27 May 2016|12 March 1928}}

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|position = Midfielder

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|years1 = 1945–1947

|clubs1 = VfL Bochum

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|years2 = 1947–1956

|clubs2 = SV Sodingen

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|years3 = 1956–1959

|clubs3 = Fortuna Düsseldorf

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|nationalyears1 = 1953–1955

|nationalteam1 = West Germany

|nationalcaps1 = 6

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Gerhard Harpers (12 March 1928 – 27 May 2016) was a German international footballer who played for VfL Bochum, SV Sodingen and Fortuna Düsseldorf.{{cite book|title=Kicker Fußball-Almanach 2011: Mit aktuellem Bundesliga-Spieler-ABC|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1SVkEbeNdGMC&pg=PA123|accessdate=6 August 2013|year=2010|publisher=Stiebner Verlag GmbH|isbn=978-3-7679-0914-4|page=123}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lokalkompass.de/bochum/sport/bochums-erste-fussball-nationalspieler-verstorben-d663008.html|title=Bochums erste Fußball-Nationalspieler verstorben|first=Westdeutsche Verlags- und Werbegesellschaft mbH & Co.|last=KG|work=lokalkompass.de|accessdate=1 June 2016}}