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Johan Cruyff and Franz
Beckenbauer was the big names of the early 70's. They were the symbols
of two teams that won everything in Europe wih Ajax and Bayern Munich.
When Germany played Holland in the 1974 World Cup final, it was Gerd
Muller who scored the winner, he was the player that made the difference.
Muller had an amazing career and he scored 398 goals in 453 games for
Bayern Munich. He also managed to score more goals than caps as a player
for West Germany. Muller scored 68 goals in 62 games at international
level.
When Bayern Munich signed Muller from his home town club TSV 1861
Nordlingen, it was based on his goalscoring skills. He joined Bayern in
1964 at the age of 18, with a record of 51 goals in 32 appearances for
TSV.
Muller was part of a team at Bayern that produced some fantastic
football and won many honours, but without the goalscoring skills of Der
Bomber, the story could have been different.
Muller left Germany for a life in the NASL in 1979, and played a couple
of seasons with Fort Lauderdale Strikers. He managed to score 40 goals
in 80 games.
His name will for always be in the record books, but in some way he has
never been mentioned as one of the real greats of football, he should
be, with a fantastic abillity to score those vital goals and never miss
his target when he got the oppertunity to score.
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