1954 World Cup leader Hans Schafer passes away, aged 90

• 1954 FIFA World Cup leader Hans Schafer passes away, aged 90
• Schafer was oldest vital World Cup winner
• Horst Eckel, 85, succeeds 1954 team-mate Schafer as oldest vital World Cup winner

Hans Schafer, 1954 FIFA World Cupâ„¢ and FC Koln legend, has upheld divided currently aged 90. The former West Germany general was dubbed by a press as “the best left winger in a world” during a time of Die Nationalmannschaft‘s 1954 victory. He was one of a tip performers during a Final, after dubbed “the spectacle of Bern”, directly concerned in dual of West Germany’s goals in their 3-2 win over Hungary. As good as his World Cup winner’s medal, Schafer twice won a German championship with FC Koln.

After his death, tributes began pouring in from a bar where he spent his whole career.

“Of all a good players of FC Koln, Hans Schafer is a biggest interjection to a ‘Miracle of Bern’,” FC Koln vice-president and two-time World Cup Finalist Toni Schumacher pronounced on fc.de. “I was always unapproachable when he said: ‘Toni, we both would have propitious together good in a team.'”

1954 World Cup leader Hans Schäfer has upheld divided aged 90 https://t.co/RGEEv1PP8Q

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— Germany (@DFB_Team_EN) November 7, 2017

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