yayas trusty right foot
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RIP Bert
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Bert Trautmann - R.I.P
- Thread starter Never Mind The Pollocks
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Just came to pay my respects to one of the greats. I never saw Bert play but my dad, uncle, and granddad used to go to Old Trafford one week and Maine Road the next. That's how it was in the 50s. My dad always said that Bert Trautmann was the greatest goalie he'd ever seen; maybe the equal of Frank Swift, a man he hero-worshipped.
I met Bert once long after he'd retired at the Manchester Evening News offices on Deansgate. He signed an autograph that I took home to my old man and, as red as he was, it took pride of place in his collection of football memorabilia alongside signed pictures of Frank Swift and Duncan Edwards.
It's a times like this was we ought to forget the rivalry and remember a great player who did more in his life than most can aspire to. RIP.
I met Bert once long after he'd retired at the Manchester Evening News offices on Deansgate. He signed an autograph that I took home to my old man and, as red as he was, it took pride of place in his collection of football memorabilia alongside signed pictures of Frank Swift and Duncan Edwards.
It's a times like this was we ought to forget the rivalry and remember a great player who did more in his life than most can aspire to. RIP.
The Silver Surfer
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Tears in my eyes.
I've just let my dad know but didn't know how crushing it would be to me.
Although I never saw him play, my dad would tell me at every opportunity when I was a kid just what a hero of his Bert was, how he would pick the ball up with one hand, how he was like a barn door in front of goal, how he came to the country and of course the cup final.
Lets show the world what he meant to us Blues.
I've just let my dad know but didn't know how crushing it would be to me.
Although I never saw him play, my dad would tell me at every opportunity when I was a kid just what a hero of his Bert was, how he would pick the ball up with one hand, how he was like a barn door in front of goal, how he came to the country and of course the cup final.
Lets show the world what he meant to us Blues.
GermanBlue
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Ich bin heute unendlich traurig. Bert, ruhe in Frieden. Du wirst niemals vergessen werden.
bammy blue
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RIP Bert, a true legend and great of the game.
robinhood CITY
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RIP