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Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as player and coach and became one of Germany’s most beloved personalities with his easygoing charm, has died. He was 78.
German soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer has died at the age of 78. Beckenbauer’s family sent a statement to a German news agency to confirm the news. “It is with deep sadness that we announce ...
It has been one year since the passing of Franz Beckenbauer. Numerous tributes have been made to honour the Kaiser, one of the greatest figures in German and world football, including the renaming ...
FILE - German soccer legend Franz Beckenbauer, head of Germany's organising committee for the soccer World Cup, plays with the Golden Ball for the World Cup in front of the Brandenburg Gate in ...
First Mario Zagallo, then Franz Beckenbauer. Within a few days, football’s most distinguished club has been reduced to a lone, living member. Only Didier Deschamps is left of the select band who won ...
German football legend Franz Beckenbauer (second right) is pictured with wife Heidi (middle) and son Joel (left) as well as staff from the Hotel Kitzhof in Kitzbühel, Austria last January ...
German legend Franz Beckenbauer, widely regarded as one of football's greatest players, has died aged 78. He won the World Cup as captain of West Germany in 1974 and lifted the trophy again as ...
Vincent Kompany's side won the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup on Saturday night, but that will not be enough to make a successful ...