He was previously married to Marlis, Margaret Friar and Ursula Van der Heyde. He was slender, handsome and an image of peak fitness. As a result, Trautmann was classified as a class "C" prisoner - a Nazi. [70] However, the stand was gone within a decade: in May 2003 the club moved to the City of Manchester Stadium, Maine Road was closed[71] and its stadium demolished the following year. Yet, Trautmann opted to stay - in many ways he was unceremoniously English. He would serve in the Luftwaffe as a paratrooper and fought on the Eastern Front. England & Wales, Death Index, 1837-2005; FamilySearch Family Tree; 1911 England & Wales Census; 1940 United States Federal Census; View all records MyHeritage Family Trees. The Russian goalkeeper Lev Yashin, himself considered one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, believed that Trautmann and himself were the "only two world-class goalkeepers". In October 1949 He Signed For Manchester City A Club Playing In The Highest Level Of Football In The Country The First Division. If the second hadn't wedged against the third, he would have lost his life. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. He was restored to the first team on 15 December for a match against Wolverhampton Wanderers, but conceded three goals. "There's no war in this dressing room," proclaimed Westwood to the side as he welcomed Trautmann into the mix. That fear was soon realised when he sought refuge in a barn, only to be caught by two American soldiers, who deemed him as having no relevant information and forced him to march out with his hands on his head. His first posting was in Myanmar (Burma), where he spent two years as the national coach, qualifying for the Olympics in 1972, and winning the President's Cup, a tournament contested by south-east Asian countries, later that year. Trautmann was submitted into Prisoner Camp 50 with fellow class "C" prisoners, however, his classification as a Nazi isn't all cut and dry. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Trautmann spoke of how his first wife, Margaret, never recovered from the death of her son and died of a broken heart. In Peiffer, L. He had been offered repatriation and decided to turn it down in order to stay in England, the country he had grown to love. A few days later, Friar bundles Trautmann into his car and rushes him to the stadium for an important relegation decider. Although sanitising his story may make box office sense, it regrettably trivialises the complexity of his character; the film ignores the fact that Trautmann, like many Germans seduced by Nazism, struggled to completely discount the ideology he was taught. The soldier had begun to retreat deeper into Germany, his homeland. In spite of this, Trautmann persevered, and lived to the age of 89, dying in 2013. (1990 -. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Learn more about merges. Swift had served City loyally for well over a decade despite having a stint in the British army, so when the 1948/49 season rolled around, the Lancastrian native decided enough was enough and hung up his boots for the last time. Trautmann Refused An Offer Of Repatriation And Following His Release In 1948 He Settled In Lancashire Combining Farm Work With Playing As Goalkeeper For Local Football Team St Helens Town. The remarkable reconciliation tale of Bert Trautmann - and [46], Trautmann's convalescence took several months, resulting in him missing a large part of the 195657 season. 6. The Revie Plan was based on the Hungarian national side, in particular, the role Nandor Hidegkuti undertook in the 'Match of the Century' where Hungary crushed England's view on football in the historic 6-3 victory at Wembley. [2] The bleak economic climate of the early 1930s forced the Trautmanns to sell their house and move to an apartment block in the working class area of Grpelingen, where Bernhard lived until 1941. During the next couple of years he established himself as an ever present, missing only 5 games through injury, and he became one of the leading goalkeepers in the country. But despite making 545 appearances for the club, he wasnt always a fan favourite. He thought the Americans would shoot him. However, this time was different. At the end of the game, Trautmann received a standing ovation from all around the ground. [7], Promoted to Feldwebel (sergeant), Trautmann was part of a unit formed from the remnants of several others that had been decimated in the east, and moved to France to guard against an expected Allied invasion of France. In fact, he couldn't see anything - it was all a blur, a haze. We do interviews, we do features, we do reviews. 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Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. He was originally deployed as a centre half, however, in the camp's first friendly against amateur side Haydock Park, Trautmann suffered an injury. [16], In August 1948, he started playing amateur football for the non-league Liverpool County Combination club St Helens Town, through which he met the club secretary's daughter, Margaret Friar, whom he later married. He was told there was no problem. Unlike modern football, no substitutes were allowed and City would have had to put an outfield player in goal and finish the match with 10 men. We are The incredible story of Bert Trautmann has been immortalised in a new film and MailOnline has an exclusive first look at the first UK trailer. [90] Joe Corrigan, a former Manchester City goalkeeper, said Trautmann was "a fantastic man and was one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time".[91]. Trautmann was born on 22 October 1923 in Walle, a working class area in west Bremen, living with his father, who worked in a fertiliser factory by the docks, and his mother Frieda. The match remained level until midway through the second half, when Jack Dyson and Bobby Johnstone scored two goals in as many minutes to give Manchester City a 31 lead. City lost the '55 final but it's in '56, a City legend was born. City began to gain stability with the introduction of the 'Revie Plan'. Others criticised the club, believing that Trautmann had been forced to play while still not fully recovered from injury. Later in the war, he was transferred to the Western Front, where he was captured by the British as the war drew to a close. [47] At the start of December, Trautmann played two reserve matches, but lacked confidence. Trautmann resigned in 1966 following a disagreement with Bernard. Season ticket holders threatened a boycott, and various groups in Manchester and around the country bombarded the club with protest letters. He became a footballer for England when captured as a POW during the Second World War, and continued to play there professionally for another 20 years. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. This could have all been resolved, mind you, when Schalke 04 showed interest in the keeper, but the German club found all their attempts in vain when City rejected their 1,000 bid, stating he was worth 20 times that value (the current British record was Trevor Ford at 30,000). Friar and Trautmann would eventually wed. On the pitch, he was becoming a star. While working on bomb disposal in Huyton, he played amateur football for St Helens Town. Its here, during a muddy penalty shootout, that Friar first notices Trautmanns ability. Further problems were caused by the loss of Jimmy Meadows to injury after 18minutes, leaving City with 10men,[39] a disadvantage that meant Trautmann's ability to start attacks from throws was limited. During that match, Trautmann would make an exceptional save with his side 3-1 ahead, He was treated in the goalmouth and thought he had only hurt his neck he had broken it, The lack of substitutes in football meant that Trautmann decided to play on for the whole game, City and Trautmann would go on to lift the FA Cup after his heroic saves in the last 15 minutes, The goalkeeper would only find out he had broken his neck three days after the final. Save record. His final game was on 28th March1964 away to Preston North End at Deepdale, in Division 2, ending in a 0-2 defeat. With 17 minutes of the match remaining, Trautmann suffered a serious injury while diving at the feet of Birmingham City's Peter Murphy. Swift, in his heyday, was a trailblazer, throwing the ball out to teammates to retain possession instead of just hoofing in long, in a distinctly British fashion. Blau und Weiss later became part of the TuRa Bremen club, so some sources list TuRa as the club he played for as a junior. Trautmann admitted later that he had spent the last part of the match "in a kind of fog". No substitutes were permitted in those days, so dazed and unsteady, he carried on. The damage caused to the city by the Luftwaffe meant former paratrooper Trautmann was a target of hatred for the crowd, who yelled "Kraut" and "Nazi". Trautmann was never the same keeper after he broke his neck. City started slowly and Trautmann's inaugural season at City didn't go as planned for the sky blues, even conceding seven against Derby when the boos got too much for him. ). Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? 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