Rudolf Krause (21 January 1927 – 12 December 2003) was a German footballer and coach who won a silver medal as manager of East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Krause played as a striker in the Oberliga and scored 111 goals in the East German top flight. The prolific forward also won two caps for East Germany in the mid-1950s.
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