Soccer-Reaction to death of Germany great Beckenbauer


FILE PHOTO: Franz Beckenbauer, President of Germany's World Cup organising committee, holds a golden soccer ball during a presentation next to the Brandenburg gate in Berlin, Germany April 18, 2006. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz/File Photo

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(Reuters) - Franz Beckenbauer, one of Germany's greatest soccer players, who captained the team to World Cup victory in 1974 and won the tournament again as manager in 1990, died on Sunday aged 78, his family said in a statement on Monday.

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