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Bert Trautmann

1923 - 2013

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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. Trautmann joined the Luftwaffe early in the Second World War, and then served as a paratrooper. He was initially sent to occupied Poland, and subsequently fought on the Eastern Front for three years, earning five medals, including an Iron Cross. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bert Trautmann is the 244th most popular soccer player (down from 100th in 2019), the 1,055th most popular biography from Germany (down from 614th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Soccer Player.

Bert Trautmann was a German football player who played for Manchester City. He is most famous for playing in the 1956 FA Cup Final with a broken neck.

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Among soccer players, Bert Trautmann ranks 244 out of 21,273. Before him are Yozo Aoki, Francisco Varallo, Samuel Eto'o, Kevin Keegan, Waichiro Omura, and Andrés Iniesta. After him are Ștefan Kovács, Stjepan Bobek, Takashi Kano, Megumu Tamura, Dani Alves, and Kim Sung-gan.

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Among people born in 1923, Bert Trautmann ranks 52. Before him are Linda Christian, Erland Josephson, Vladimir Gelfand, Aristides Pereira, Ahmet Ertegun, and Yelena Bonner. After him are Stjepan Bobek, Walter Kohn, René Thom, Freeman Dyson, Mukesh, and Stephanie Kwolek. Among people deceased in 2013, Bert Trautmann ranks 51. Before him are Ray Manzarek, Ieng Sary, James Gandolfini, Masao Uchino, James M. Buchanan, and Erich Priebke. After him are Don Shirley, Chinua Achebe, Gyula Horn, Robert Fogel, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, and David H. Hubel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Bert Trautmann ranks 1,055 out of 7,253. Before him are Gotthard Kettler (1517), Reinhard Scheer (1863), Joseph Berchtold (1897), August von Kotzebue (1761), Marianne Bachmeier (1950), and Charles De Coster (1827). After him are Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618), Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792), John McEnroe (1959), Caroline of Brunswick (1768), Max Schreck (1879), and Johan Zoffany (1733).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Bert Trautmann ranks 16. Before him are Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), Berti Vogts (1946), Andreas Brehme (1960), Helmut Schön (1915), Helmut Rahn (1929), and Wolfgang Overath (1943). After him are Felix Magath (1953), Harald Schumacher (1954), Niko Kovač (1971), Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (1939), Michael Ballack (1976), and Manuel Neuer (1986).

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