Soccer world champion Bernd Hölzenbein is dead. His former club Eintracht Frankfurt announced that he died on Monday. Hölzenbein was 78 years old.
“Bernd Hölzenbein was a role model for countless football fans all over Germany, but he was always a star to touch,” said club president Mathias Beck, according to the statement. “And despite all our sadness, we are proud and grateful that Bernd accompanied our unity for so long.”
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Hölzenbein was born in 1946 in Dehrn in Central Hesse. From 1967 to 1981 he played for Eintracht Frankfurt. He played 420 Bundesliga games for the club and scored 160 goals. With Eintracht, the winger won the UEFA Cup once and the DFB Cup three times. His greatest success as a player was winning the 1974 World Cup title.
Hölzenbein later played in the USA for the Fort Lauderdale Strikers, among others. After his playing career, he worked for Eintracht Frankfurt as a manager and scout.
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Soccer world champion Bernd Hölzenbein is dead. His former club Eintracht Frankfurt announced that he died on Monday. Hölzenbein was 78 years old.
“Bernd Hölzenbein was a role model for countless football fans all over Germany, but he was always a star to touch,” said club president Mathias Beck, according to the statement. “And despite all our sadness, we are proud and grateful that Bernd accompanied our unity for so long.”
Hölzenbein was born in 1946 in Dehrn in Central Hesse. From 1967 to 1981 he played for Eintracht Frankfurt. He played 420 Bundesliga games for the club and scored 160 goals. With Eintracht, the winger won the UEFA Cup once and the DFB Cup three times. His greatest success as a player was winning the 1974 World Cup title.
