Football Germany mourns world and European champions - cause of death already known
Created: 03/11/2022 11:53 am
By: Antonio Jose Riether
Jürgen Grabowski after the World Championship final in Munich.
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The German Football Association and Eintracht Frankfurt mourn a size.
With Jürgen Grabowski, a world and European champion recently died.
Frankfurt – He was one of the stars of the 1970s and won the biggest titles with the German national team.
Jürgen Grabowski recently passed away, as his club Eintracht Frankfurt confirmed on Friday.
The former midfielder passed away at the age of 77, leaving a huge void at the Eagles.
Mourning for Jürgen Grabowski: Eintracht legend and world champion dies at the age of 77
During his career, the native of Wiesbaden only played for FV Bebrich 02 and Eintracht Frankfurt.
He made 441 appearances for the Bundesliga club as a right winger and later as a playmaker, scoring 109 goals.
In his 15 years as a player, he won the UEFA Cup with Eintracht in 1980 and the DFB Cup in 1974.
In total, he completed 44 international matches, twice he was in the World Cup final.
In 1966 he did not play in England, but in 1974 he was part of the world champion team that defeated the Netherlands 2-1 Munich.
Two years earlier he became European champion in Belgium.
Jürgen Grabowski: German football mourns Eintracht icon – cause of death known
At the age of 77, Grabowski died in a Wiesbaden hospital after an operation on his thigh.
According to
Bild
, the cause of death is multiple organ failure.
A nervous disease limited his last years of life, which is why, according to Eintracht, he had to have dialysis regularly.
In a fall in the bathroom, he is said to have broken his femur, for which he was ultimately admitted.
The Eintracht professionals will wear a black ribbon at their home game against VfL Bochum on Sunday, and Grabowski will also be remembered with a minute's silence in the stadium.
(ajr)