1956 FA Cup final
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The 1956 FA Cup final was the final match of the 1955–56 staging of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, better known as the FA Cup. The showpiece event
Old Wembley Stadium
Bert Trautmann played the full match despite suffering a serious injury.
Bert Trautmann
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Bernhard Carl "Bert" Trautmann was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
1956 FA Cup final
…from Jack Dyson and Bobby Johnstone gave Manchester City a 3–1 victory. The match is best remembered for the heroics of Manchester City goalkeeper, Bert Trautmann, who continued playing on in the match despite breaking a bone in his neck in a collision with Birmingham City's Peter Murphy. Due to his heroics, the…
Trautmann at an event at the Olympiastadion in Berlin in October 2010
Trautmann's birthplace, Bremen, in the 1920s