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Topic Originator: sammer
Date: Thu 21 Jul 20:22
Germany has never been short of good centre forwards- Muller, Klinsmann, Voller, Klose- but Uwe Seeler stands comparison with any of them. He scored in four different World Cup competitions, playing directly against ex-Par Willie Cunningham of Northern Ireland in 1958.
A runners up medal was all he had to show for these efforts but his power, energy and bravery symbolised West German football before the coming of Beckenbauer, a player he combined with very effectively. At 5’7 he possessed a phenomenal leap and that aerial ability helped knock out England and nearly beat Italy in 1970.
Here’s a link to Hamburg’s greatest scoring a couple against Scotland in 1964.
https://youtu.be/ItfE0iNAU2c
sammer
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Thu 21 Jul 20:33
His record of 43 goals in 72 international appearances and 490 goals in 580 appearances for Hamburg, his only club, speaks for itself.
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Thu 21 Jul 22:04
Always think of his looping header in 1970 WC v England - with his back to goal if memory serves ?
Bonetti scrambling about.
Post Edited (Thu 21 Jul 22:05)
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Topic Originator: Parboiled
Date: Fri 22 Jul 15:30
He still had a decent head of of hair back in 1964, as did Alan Gilzean who scored both of Scotland’s goals.
They both headed their way to being baldies!
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Topic Originator: parfection
Date: Fri 22 Jul 17:19
My friend’s dad owned a shoe shop in Germany back in the day. Uwe came in fairly frequently as a rep for Adidas and my mate’s dad had nothing but good things to say about him.
He and his wife were very weel kent faces in Hamburg and Uwe was a true man of the people. He never refused a photo or an autograph. They’ll miss him, but guys with his legacy will live on in their club.
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Fri 22 Jul 17:21
Great post parfection RIP Uwe
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: ianbd6
Date: Fri 22 Jul 20:20
I never saw him in his pomp but I did see him play in a fund raiser match for the Bradford City fire fund. I am not sure how old he was in 1985 but boy could he play. He looked like he could have turned out in the league.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Fri 22 Jul 23:15
I`ve just read an obituary which said that after the 1962 World Cup he was troubled by an achilles tendon injury which kept him out of the game for a year. He had an operation to fit an artificial one which he played with for the rest of his career.
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