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Helmut Rahn

German association football player (1929–2003)

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Date of birth: ( 1929-08-16 ) 16 August 1929
Place of birth: Essen , Germany
Date of death: 14 August 2003 (2003-08-14) (aged 73)
Place of death: Essen , Germany
Height: 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position: Outside forward
1938 1946: SV Altenessen 1912
Years: Team
1946 1950: SC Oelde 1919
1950 1951: Sportfreunde Katernberg
1951 1959: Rot-Weiss Essen
1959 1960: 1. FC Köln
1960 1963: SC Enschede

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* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Helmut Rahn (16 August 1929 – 14 August 2003), known as Der Boss (The Boss), was a German footballer who played as a forward. He became a legend for having scored the winning goal in the final of the 1954 FIFA World Cup (West Germany vs. Hungary 3–2). Rahn, along with the German team, were decorated by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1972.