Herbert Wimmer
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Herbert "Hacki" Wimmer is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Besides winning five national championships and two UEFA Cups with his club side Borussia Mönchengladbach,
Wimmer in 1972
Günter Netzer
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Günter Theodor Netzer is a German former professional football player, executive and pundit. He achieved great success in Germany with Borussia Mönchengladbach in the early 1970s and, after moving to
Herbert Wimmer
…started out as a forward, but in Mönchengladbach, his role was primarily to cover defensively for the star of the team in this era, midfield playmaker Günter Netzer. His physical endurance, which earned him the nickname the Iron Lung, was one of his major assets. Wimmer was considered as a paragon of a player that…
Netzer signing autographs in 1975
Netzer as general manager of Hamburg in 1979.
Netzer photographed by Oliver Mark in Zürich, 2007.
Bronze monument depicting Herbert Wimmer, Berti Vogts and Günter Netzer in Mönchengladbach, unveiled in 1981.