East German soccer star 'Dixie' Doerner dies aged 70

FILE PHOTO: Werder Bremen's Vicepresident, Klaus- Dieter Fischer (C), talks to Bremen's new coach Hans Juergen Doerner (L) after a news conference in Bremen January 14, 1996.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Hans-Juergen "Dixie" Doerner, a footballer dubbed the Franz Beckenbauer of former Communist East Germany, has died aged 70, his old club Dynamo Dresden said on Wednesday.

"With 'Dixie' Doerner, we have not only lost the greatest player in the club's history - we also lost a person who conquered all of our hearts," Holger Scholze, Dynamo Dresden president, said in a statement.