Soccer-German World Cup-winning captain and coach Beckenbauer dies at 78

BERLIN (Reuters) – Franz Beckenbauer, one of German soccer’s greatest players, who captained the team to World Cup victory in 1974 then won the tournament again as manager in 1990, has died at the age of 78, German news agency DPA reported on Monday.

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