Uwe Seeler will be 85 years old this Friday.The people who once experienced him as a thoroughbred striker usually have gray temples themselves.Others who are much younger have heard about him, read about him in the newspaper or saw black and white video snippets on YouTube."Us Uwe" is almost a term, across generations."Uwe Seeler is an honorary citizen of our city and a Hamburg legend.He wrote football history with his sporting success, ”says Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschenscher.
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is also enthusiastic, he thinks of Seeler."My good wishes apply to a sports legend and a unique personality of German football," writes the Federal President.Steinmeier calls "the most famous goal" in Seeler's career at the 1970 World Cup against defending champion England.
Uwe Seeler has remained down -to -earth - the Hamburgers like that
Germany's first "footballer of the year" is currently recovering from a fall in his house."It could be better.But I'm satisfied, "he says when he is addressed to his well -being.A year and a half ago after another fall, an artificial hip joint was used."At the moment I'm still a little weak on my feet.I don't know that from myself, "he reports.His walking stick is therefore always within reach.For the many appointments and wishes of the media before his honorary day, Seeler needs condition.But it is not always enough."I don't want to disappoint anyone," he says."You want to make people happy, but sometimes you can't.This is difficult to click on others."
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The popularity of the former HSV scorer par excellence is based not only on his sporty fame with background gates and fall backers, four World Cup participation and second place in Germany at the 1966 World Cup, but also on its human qualities: down-to-earth, modest."The most beautiful thing in the world is to be normal," reveals the sponsor of the Great Federal Cross of Merit."I am stinky and I like that."
Uwe Seeler was born in 1936 and also experiences bitter poverty
He doesn't know it any other way from his parents' house."Vaddern has already paid attention to staying normal.I can't even play crazy, "he says and pushes:" It wasn't the time for it at all."Born before the start of the war, endured fear and deprivation as a daily companion, then experienced barren times - street football was a distraction with laboriously patched up balls that became addicted to addiction.Seeler was grounded at the time and he is still today."He's one of us," say the fans."He is a friend and great guy," says ex-scorer Horst Hrubescht."Fantastic this down -to -earthness and openness.If there were no 'the fat', one would have to invent it."
Seeler looks at his life with gratitude."I think I did everything right so far.I am satisfied and my family is too."He would do everything the same if he had the chance."Now we want to experience the next few years," he says, pressing his Ilka.His greatest wish besides health: that his HSV, which he never left - even for an intermilan's million offer - will be first class again."That would be nice if you came back to the first division," he sighs.However, this can take time.
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With today's professional football he is struggling."They all make more money, but I don't even know whether today's time is really the better one," says the 72-time national player.The price-performance ratio must be right, he warns and sees an imbalance there.Exploding transfer sums and salaries are startled: "So I'm afraid that it cannot go well for long."
A thorn in the eye is also kick -off times for reasons of commerce at an advanced hour."It doesn't work at all," he rumbles.In the HSV's cup victory in Nuremberg with the penalty shootout, he only persevered up to 1-1 on the television umbrella half an hour before midnight.His wife later told him the result."They are crazy about what they do with us," complains Ilka Seeler about TV broadcasts at bedtime.
The commitment of international Joshua Kimmich not to be vaccinated at the moment is horrified.“I find his attitude to vaccination very strange.He also has to think of the others that he can infect."The Corona restrictions also added the Seeler family who have three daughters and seven grandchildren.“We lived completely abstinent, had hardly any visitors.The time was very long when we practically lived in the house prison.Now we're going to eat with friends again."
Seeler is married to his wife Ilka for 62 years."Mouse," she says lovingly today."We didn't do that much wrong," he says.But there was no sunshine."It also crashed properly," says Ilka and admits that she even wanted to take a tear back then."Don't you remember the argument?" She asks her husband.Uwe Seeler looks hard.Then he says with a grin: "But you were to blame, right?"
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