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Bert Trautmann has died

Henry Irving
Henry Irving Posts: 85,220
in Other Football and Sports
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Trautmann

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  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,283
    What a life Bert had.

    RIP.
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    met Bert when he was staying with the German team at our hotel in 1996.

    A real football legend


    RIP
  • Brunello
    Brunello Posts: 1,950
    Now that does deserve an RIP

    RIP
  • Indigo Joe
    Indigo Joe Posts: 551
    RIP Bert
  • east terrace peanuts
    east terrace peanuts Posts: 486
    Brunello said:

    Now that does deserve an RIP

    RIP

    Absolutely!

  • addick1965
    addick1965 Posts: 5,092
    RIP.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    A great character and true icon of the game.

    RIP
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    A boyhood legend and hero for me.
    RIP
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    RIP.

    Not that many players go down in folklore
  • CatAddick
    CatAddick Posts: 2,385
    RIP
    Absolute legend
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  • GlassHalfFull
    GlassHalfFull Posts: 2,351
    Indeed a true hero

    RIP
  • harveys_gardener
    harveys_gardener Posts: 7,038
    My father (Spurs supporter) had him as his favourite player.
    "Hands like dinner plates"
    RIP
  • pilchard
    pilchard Posts: 3,763
    edited July 2013
    A footballing legend, a fantastic life, one of the true football greats and a legendary name that everyone who cares about the game knows and loves no matter who they support.

    RIP Bert.
  • fossdeneboy
    fossdeneboy Posts: 403
    RIP Bert another of my childhood soccer hero"s passed on.
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    his life story is extraordinary

    RIP big man
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    RIP
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,150
    RIP, what a legend!
  • Addickted4life
    Addickted4life Posts: 7,467
    RIP, true legend, probably will be the only person to ever win an F.A cup while playing with a broken neck. Yet that's not even on the top of his life achievements which says something. What a man.
  • uie2
    uie2 Posts: 4,596
    RIP Bert
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    RIP - great life he had, I knew he had been a German soldier but I didn't know he had served on the Eastern Front. He was not only lucky to survive that, had he been taken prisoner by the Russians rather than the British that most likely would have been it for him.
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  • stilladdicted
    stilladdicted Posts: 4,307
    RIP Fritz.
  • Blucher
    Blucher Posts: 4,135
    Top man, Bert. Not too many players would play on with a broken neck.

    I know we've had our differences, but you have to admire the Germans.
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,786
    RIP Bert
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    McBobbin said:

    RIP.

    Not that many players go down in folklore

    Very true...RIP Bert.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    RIP Bert.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    German Para turned goalkeeper .. the man with the broken neck .. RIP Bert
  • StrikerFirmani
    StrikerFirmani Posts: 2,742
    A good goalie and came over as a genuinely nice guy when interviewed in later years on TV.

    RIP
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    Henry Irving said:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Trautmann

    Just read that. Some people live lives and some people just live their lives...

    RIP Bert
  • Jensenwasclass
    Jensenwasclass Posts: 835
    First Cup Final I ever saw on our brand new bw TV. What a hero, playing on with a broken neck.
    Great example to our prima-donnas of today!
    Nice to read he did a lot to repair relationships between us and Germany. RIP a great character.
  • ColinTat
    ColinTat Posts: 2,794
    Close for us to Max Schmelling in sporting greatness, though not as close as Schmelling's standing and bravery in Germany. A name up there with Fatty Foulke in legendary status, but very few rate with his class. RIP.

    Apparently was taken prisoner by the Soviets, but escaped. Interestingly of german pows around 55% of NCO's survived: up to around 90% of COs. So he had a chance if long term captured.

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