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Helmut Schön

German football player and manager (1915-1996)

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Full name: Helmut Schön
Date of birth: ( 1915-09-15 ) 15 September 1915
Place of birth: Dresden , German Empire
Date of death: 23 February 1996 (1996-02-23) (aged 80)
Place of death: Wiesbaden , Germany
Position: Forward
Years: Team
1932 1944: Dresdner SC
1946 1950: SG Dresden-Friedrichstadt
1947 1948: → FC St. Pauli (loan)
1950 1951: Hertha BSC
1937 1941: Germany
1952 1956: Saarland
1953 1954: 1. FC Saarbrücken
1956 1964: West Germany (assistant coach)
1964 1978: West Germany

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Helmut Schön (15 September 1915 – 23 February 1996) was a German football player and manager. He is best remembered for his exceptional career as manager of the West Germany national team in four consecutive World Cup tournaments, including winning the title in 1974, losing in the final in 1966, and coming in third in 1970. In addition, his teams won the European Championship in 1972 and lost in the final in 1976.