Bert Trautmann.
Not often you here that from me. He was also (in German) a Fallschirmjäger like me, except he was what I could never attain in a million years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert_Trautmann
RIP Green Devil and one of the best goalkeepers ever
By: adrian_gray - 24th July 2013 at 17:02
I recall hearing – and I don’t know how true this is – that Manchester’s Jewish population have always tended to side towards City rather than United. If that is so, it makes Trautmann’s adoption as a City hero all the more impressive.
I particularly like the story about meeting the Queen (and suspect that he avoided a rude remark from Prince Philip as having been a fellow serviceman)
Adrian
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July 23, 2013 at 11:46 pm