Former German World Cup winner Frank Mill dies at age 67

Frank Mill, who was a part of West Germany’s 1990 World Cup profitable squad and gained an Olympic bronze in 1988, has died at age 67, his former membership Rot-Weiss Essen mentioned on Tuesday, citing his household.

Essen confirmed a report from the Bild paper which mentioned that Mill by no means recovered from a stroke he suffered in Might in Italy.

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Striker Mill began his skilled profession in 1976 in his beginning city of Essen at Rot-Weiss he had joined as a 14-year-old, spent 5 years at Borussia Mönchengladbach 1981-86, eight at Borussia Dortmund till 1994 earlier than ending his profession with two seasons at Fortuna Dusseldorf.

Mill scored 41 second division objectives in his final Essen season, and 123 objectives in 387 Bundesliga matches. He gained the German Cup with Dortmund in 1989.

He’s nevertheless additionally remembered for one of many embarrassing misses in Bundesliga historical past when in 1986 in opposition to Bayern Munich he rounded goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff however then hit the put up as a substitute of the empty web.

“Frank was not solely one of many best footballers Rot-Weiss Essen has ever produced – he was additionally a superb particular person: down-to-earth, genuine and filled with optimistic vitality,” Essen board member Alexander Rang mentioned.

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He added that Mill “not solely characterised our membership and the Ruhr space together with his method, however he was additionally an envoy for soccer all through Germany.”

Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke mentioned: “Fränkie was shrewd on the pitch and a beautiful conversationalist off the pitch. Issues went up hill when he joined us in 1986.”

Mill earned 17 West Germany caps and was a non-playing member of Franz Beckenbauer’s World Cup squad that gained the 1990 title in Italy. Two years earlier he helped West Germany to Olympic bronze in Seoul.

Mill additionally admitted a couple of years in the past that he as soon as took a doping pill earlier than a Bundesliga match.

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After his profession he arrange a soccer college focussing on kids, younger individuals and integration. He additionally featured often for Dortmund’s veterans workforce.

Mill is the second member of the 1990 World Cup squad to die. Andreas Brehme, who transformed the profitable penalty within the remaining in opposition to Argentina, handed away final 12 months.

Mill has two kids together with his ex-wife who died in 2006. he used to spend time in Sicily the place he had a companion for some time.