: One of the greatest German footballers of all time: Tributes pour in for Gerd Mueller who dies at 75 #IndiaNEWS Legendary German striker Gerd Mueller died in the early hours of Sunday at the age of

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One of the greatest German footballers of all time: Tributes pour in for Gerd Mueller who dies at 75 #IndiaNEWS
Legendary German striker Gerd Mueller died in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 75, his former club Bayern Munich has confirmed.“Today, the world of FC Bayern stands still,� the club wrote on it’s website.During a glittering career, Mueller scored a record 365 goals for Bayern in the Bundesliga during the 1960s and 70s, as well as scoring 68 times for West Germany in 62 internationals.“Today is a sad, black day for FC Bayern and its fans,� said Bayern president Herbert Hainer.“Gerd Mueller was the greatest striker there has ever been – and a fine person, a personality in world football.“Without Gerd Mueller, FC Bayern would not be the club we all love today.“His name and the memory of him will live on forever.�For the last few years, Mueller had been suffering from dementia.He leaves behind his wife Uschi and a daughter.Largely thanks to his goals, Mueller made history for both Bayern Munich and West Germany.He scored an unbelievable 566 goals in 607 competitive games for FC Bayern.“Without Gerd’s goals, we’d still be in our old wooden hut on Saebener Strasse (the club training ground),� Franz Beckenbauer once said of his former Bayern and West Germany team-mate.Mueller was part of Bayern teams which won four Bundesliga titles and dominated the...Read more

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