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Did the Nazis murder Austria’s Greatest Sportsman?

May 18, 2010 by  |  No Comments

Did the Nazis murder Austria's Greatest Sportsman?

Matthias Sindelar was one of the greatest footballers of his generation. Tall, blond, and athletic, Sindelar could have been a creation of Goebbels’ master race propaganda machine. However, the Austrian’s mysterious death, at the age of just 35, left many people questioning whether the player nicknamed ‘the Paper Man’ had been the victim of a [...]

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Bert Trautmann: From Iron Cross to OBE

May 3, 2010 by  |  1 Comment

Bert Trautmann: From Iron Cross to OBE

Forget Sylvester Stallone’s dramatic penalty-saving antics in Escape to Victory, the most remarkable prisoner of war goalkeeper story belongs to former Manchester City stopper Bert Trautmann. German Trautmann’s incredible journey took him from Hitler Youth to Wembley, via the Eastern front and a spell in a north of England POW camp. Now aged 87, Trautmann [...]

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