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Trautmann's Journey
eBook - From Hitler Youth to FA Cup Legend
ISBN/EAN: 9781446468784
Umbreit-Nr.: 6457794
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 352 S., 1.79 MB
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 30.09.2011
Auflage: 1/2011
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR</b> <b></b> <b>How did one man go from Nazi Youth indoctrination to English footballing icon?</b> <b></b> <b>Bert Trautmann is a football legend.</b>He is famed as the Manchester City goalkeeper who broke his neck in the 1956 FA Cup final and played on. But his early life was no less extraordinary. He grew up in Nazi Germany, where first he was indoctrinated by the Hitler Youth, before fighting in World War Two in France and on the Eastern Front.</p><p>In 1945 he was captured and sent to a British POW camp where, for the first time, he understood that there could be a better way of life. He embraced England as his new home and before long became an English football hero. This is his story.</p><p><b>'A gripping story of an unlikely redemption through football'<i>Sunday Times</i></b></p><p><b>'He was the best goalkeeper I ever played against. We always said, don't look into the goal when you're trying to score against Bert. Because if you do, he'll see your eyes and read your thoughts.' Bobby Charlton</b></p>
- Kurztext
- SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEARHow did one man go from Nazi Youth indoctrination to English footballing icon?Bert Trautmann is a football legend. He is famed as the Manchester City goalkeeper who broke his neck in the 1956 FA Cup final and played on. But his early life was no less extraordinary. He grew up in Nazi Germany, where first he was indoctrinated by the Hitler Youth, before fighting in World War Two in France and on the Eastern Front. In 1945 he was captured and sent to a British POW camp where, for the first time, he understood that there could be a better way of life. He embraced England as his new home and before long became an English football hero. This is his story. 'A gripping story of an unlikely redemption through football' Sunday Times 'He was the best goalkeeper I ever played against. We always said, don't look into the goal when you're trying to score against Bert. Because if you do, he'll see your eyes and read your thoughts.' Bobby Charlton
- Autorenportrait
- Catrine Clay has worked for the BBC for over twenty years, directing and producing award-winning television documentaries, mainly for the History Unit. She has written three previous books. Her most recent book,<i>King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins who Led the World to War</i>, was published in 2007 to high acclaim ('Proof that good storytelling is a true art,' Caroline Moorehead,<i>Spectator</i>, 'Weird and wonderful,' Hilary Spurling,<i>Observer</i>). She is married with three children, and lives in London.
- Schlagzeile
- An astounding story of war and football - the first biography of Manchester City goalkeeper and former Hitler Youth star Bert Trautmann