Gerd Müller

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Gerd Müller

German football player

Also known as: Der Bomber, Müller, Gerhard

Written by Adam Augustyn

Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Last Updated: Oct 30, 2024 • Article History

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Byname of:: Gerhard Müller

Also called:: Der Bomber

Born:: November 3, 1945, Nördlingen, Germany

Died:: August 15, 2021 (aged 75)

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Gerd Müller (born November 3, 1945, Nördlingen, Germany—died August 15, 2021) was a German professional football (soccer) player who was one of the greatest goal scorers of all time. He netted 68 goals in 62 career international matches, a remarkable 1.1 goals per contest. Müller was named European Footballer of the Year in 1970—he was the first German to win that award—and was a two-time West German Footballer of the Year (1967 and 1969). Müller was a legendary schoolboy footballer, scoring 180 goals in the 1962–63 season for the youth side of the TSV 1861 Nördlingen club. In 1964 he ...(100 of 435 words)

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