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Uwe Seeler
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Person

Uwe Seeler

1936 – 2022 · aged 86

German association football player (1936–2022)

Born
5 Nov 1936 · Hamburg
Died
21 Jul 2022 · Norderstedt
Part ofWest Germany1877 – 1990

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 99 years
  1. 5 Nov 1936BornBorn in Hamburg
  2. 1953 – 1954TeamGermany national under-18 football team
  3. 1953 – 1972TeamHamburger SV
  4. 1954 – 1970TeamGermany men's national association football team
  5. 1958Took part1958 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1958TeamGermany national under-23 football team
  7. 1960AwardGerman Footballer of the Year
  8. 1962Took part1962 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1964AwardGerman Footballer of the Year
  10. 1966Took part1966 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1970Took part1970 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1970AwardHonorary Team Skipper
  13. 1970AwardCommander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  14. 1970AwardGerman Footballer of the Year
  15. 1978TeamCork Celtic F.C.
  16. 1982AwardHonorary Lock keeper
  17. 2003AwardHonorary citizen of Hamburg
  18. 2006AwardGermany's Sports Hall of Fame
  19. 2006AwardGoldener Rathausmann
  20. 2018AwardGerman Football Hall of Fame
  21. 21 Jul 2022DiedDied in Norderstedt

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1936 – 2022).

  1. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  2. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  3. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1938Munich Agreement
  5. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  6. 1939 – 1945World War II
  7. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  8. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  9. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  10. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  11. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  12. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  13. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  14. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  16. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  17. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  19. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  20. 1956Suez Crisis
  21. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  22. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  23. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  24. 1968Prague Spring
  25. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  26. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  27. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  28. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  30. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  31. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  32. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  33. 1985Schengen Agreement
  34. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  35. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  36. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  37. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  38. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  39. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  40. 19981998 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Uwe Seeler (German pronunciation: [ˈuːvə ˈzeːlɐ]; 5 November 1936 – 21 July 2022) was a German footballer and football official. As a striker, he was a prolific scorer for Hamburger SV and also made 72 appearances for the West Germany national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in German football history, Seeler was named one of FIFA's 100 greatest living players by Pelé in 2004. He was the first football player to be awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Text from the Wikipedia article Uwe Seeler, CC BY-SA 4.0

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