As the German national side prepare for their World Cup semi-final against Spain tomorrow, it seems a fitting time to remember former captain and World Cup-winner Herbert Erhardt.
He died on Saturday, the day the current side beat Argentina 4-0. Today would have been his 80th birthday.
Erhardt won 50 caps for his country during the 1950s and early ’60s and was a member of the squad who secured Germany’s first World Cup trophy in 1954 in Switzerland.
The tough-tackling defender played his club football for the Bavarian sides SpVgg Fürth and Bayern Munich and was considered among the greatest to have played for either club.
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