The goalkeeper who famously won the FA Cup after playing the final 17 minutes of the match with a broken neck, Bernd Trautmann, also known as Bert, has died at the age of 89.
Trautmann made a name for himself in England with Manchester City after originally arriving in Britain as a prisoner of war.
He played more than 500 times for City between 1949 and 1964 and was bestowed with an honorary OBE for his work in promoting Anglo-German post-war relations.
But it was his performance in the FA Cup victory over Birmingham in 1956 that made him "a true club legend", as City said after his death.
The team had taken a 3-1 lead with just 17 minutes to go when Trautmann divided at the feet of Birmingham's Peter Murphy. The forward's knee collided with the goalkeeper's head and Trautmann was knocked out.
But with no substitutions allowed an unsteady Trautmann returned to his position between the posts after being revived.
Trautmann makes a save against Tottenham Hotspur After making two more saves he collided with one of his own defenders and needed to be brought round again.
Only two days later did an X-ray reveal that the goalkeeper had suffered a broken neck.
After his playing days, he moved into management with Stockport before returning to his native Germany in 1967 to coach Preussen Munster.
German FA (DFB) president Wolfgang Niersbach said: "Bert Trautmann was an amazing sportsman and a true gentleman.
"He went to England as a soldier, and thus a war enemy, and he became a celebrated hero there. He was a legend.
"His extraordinary career will remain forever in the history books."
Trautmann with his Player Of The Year award. Pic: Allsport Hulton/Archive Trautmann, a German paratrooper who won the Iron Cross, was captured by the British as the war drew to a close and was moved to a prisoner of war camp in Lancashire.
At the camp he excelled at football, but only tried his hand as a goalkeeper after getting injured during a match, according to Manchester City.
When the war was over he declined to be repatriated and stayed in Britain for the next two decades. He worked as a farmer and with a bomb disposal unit before City signed him from non-league St Helen's Town.
When he joined in 1949 he was met by 20,000 supporters angered by the decision to sign a German so soon after the war.
Trautmann survived two heart attacks this year, but passed away unexpectedly in La Llosa, near Valencia.
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