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This is a list of association footballers who died due to football-related incidents.. The primary causes of on-field deaths have evolved over time. Improvements in infection control and emergency surgery since the early days of organised soccer have mostly eliminated the fatal complications that were once common after routine sporting injuries.
War and the political situation of Germany in the 20th century had an impact on the country's borders, as well as the make-up of the German football team. Germany played 30 internationals until the outbreak of the World War I, with the last match occurring on 5 April 1914 against the Netherlands. During the war, no internationals were played.
On 6 September 1914, author Arthur Conan Doyle made a direct appeal for footballers to volunteer for service. [10] Many players heeded the calls, and a special Football Battalion was formed, as part of the Middlesex Regiment. [11] The battalion was led by Frank Buckley, who later estimated that over 500 of the battalion's original 600 men had ...
List of National Football League players who died in wars; List of Olympians killed in World War I; List of Olympians killed in World War II; List of Wales rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars; List of England rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars; List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service
Soccer icon Franz Beckenbauer, widely considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game, has died aged 78, according to the German football federation (DFB).
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:German footballers. It includes German footballers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for footballers who have appeared for the senior Germany national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Under-21 or ...
Beckenbauer is one of just three men to have won the World Cup as a player and a manager as well as twice claiming the Ballon d’Or
Bernhard Carl "Bert" Trautmann (22 October 1923 – 19 July 2013) was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.. Born in Bremen in 1923, he joined the Jungvolk, the junior section of the Hitler Youth in August 1933.