Manchester City are dedicating their opening English Premier League match to late German goalkeeping legend Bert Trautmann, according to a club statement made on Friday.
As part of the ceremony before City's home game against Newcastle United on Monday, the team will warm up in goalkeeping shirts with "Trautmann 1" on the back.
Before the start of the game, goalkeepers from each of City's youth teams will lead a minute's applause. Trautmann made 545 appearances for the three-time English league champions between 1949 and 1964, and 24 of his family members will be in attendance at the ceremony. His sons Mark and Stephen will be presented with the "Bert Trautmann Award for Special Contribution" on the pitch at halftime.
Honoured by the Queen
"Bert" Trautmann, born Bernhard Carl in Bremen on 22 October 1923, passed away on 19 July aged 89 in his adopted home of Almenara Playa, near Valencia, Spain. In 2004, the Queen made him an "Officer of the Order of the British Empire" for his services to Anglo-German relations during his football career.
After spending time as a prisoner of war in England during the Second World War, Bert Trautmann forged a successful career with Manchester City. He is particularly remembered for his performance in the 1956 FA Cup Final, where he suffered a broken neck in a collision with Birmingham striker Peter Murphy but chose to play on, making a succession of outstanding saves. City won 3-1, and Trautmann became England's Footballer of the Year 1956, largely as a result of this heroic effort.
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Manchester City are dedicating their opening English Premier League match to late German goalkeeping legend Bert Trautmann, according to a club statement made on Friday.
As part of the ceremony before City's home game against Newcastle United on Monday, the team will warm up in goalkeeping shirts with "Trautmann 1" on the back.
Before the start of the game, goalkeepers from each of City's youth teams will lead a minute's applause. Trautmann made 545 appearances for the three-time English league champions between 1949 and 1964, and 24 of his family members will be in attendance at the ceremony. His sons Mark and Stephen will be presented with the "Bert Trautmann Award for Special Contribution" on the pitch at halftime.
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Honoured by the Queen
"Bert" Trautmann, born Bernhard Carl in Bremen on 22 October 1923, passed away on 19 July aged 89 in his adopted home of Almenara Playa, near Valencia, Spain. In 2004, the Queen made him an "Officer of the Order of the British Empire" for his services to Anglo-German relations during his football career.
After spending time as a prisoner of war in England during the Second World War, Bert Trautmann forged a successful career with Manchester City. He is particularly remembered for his performance in the 1956 FA Cup Final, where he suffered a broken neck in a collision with Birmingham striker Peter Murphy but chose to play on, making a succession of outstanding saves. City won 3-1, and Trautmann became England's Footballer of the Year 1956, largely as a result of this heroic effort.
