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Bert Trautmann has died aged 89. I'm sure most will be aware of his story -former German paratrooper, then prisoner of war before playing over 500 games for City, including the famous FA Cup final in which he played with a broken neck.
He managed to become a legend, not just for City, but in English football in gerneral, despite the understandable distrust due to his past.
I don't want this to go all Norman Wisdom but RIP Bert.
officepest wrote:Bert Trautmann has died aged 89. I'm sure most will be aware of his story -former German paratrooper, then prisoner of war before playing over 500 games for City, including the famous FA Cup final in which he played with a broken neck.
He managed to become a legend, not just for City, but in English football in gerneral, despite the understandable distrust due to his past.
I don't want this to go all Norman Wisdom but RIP Bert.
officepest wrote:Bert Trautmann has died aged 89. I'm sure most will be aware of his story -former German paratrooper, then prisoner of war before playing over 500 games for City, including the famous FA Cup final in which he played with a broken neck.
He managed to become a legend, not just for City, but in English football in gerneral, despite the understandable distrust due to his past.
I don't want this to go all Norman Wisdom but RIP Bert.
I wonder what he would make of all the jessies that play the game these days.
As the City players left the pitch one of them, can't remember who, gave Trautmann a congratulatory slap on the back - an inch or so higher and it would've killed him on the spot.
but RIP Bert.
