Franz Beckenbauer Ballon d'Or wins: Which defenders have won it? Beckenbauer was the first defender to win the most prestigious individual award in football and is the only player in his position ...

Franz Beckenbauer, who led Germany to a World Cup title as a coach and a player, has died, his family said Monday. The two-time Ballon d'Or winner was 78.

Beckenbauer is one of just three men to have won the World Cup as a player and a manager as well as twice claiming the Ballon d’Or German football legend Franz Beckenbauer dies aged 78 Skip to ...

This video looks back at the winners of the Ballon d'Or from its inception ... George Best, 1969: Gianni Rivera, 1970: Gerd Müller, 1971: Johan Cruyff, 1972: Franz Beckenbauer, 1973: Johan ...

Now a more poignant moment away from the glitz and glamour as the late, great, Franz Beckenbauer is honored by his family and former team-mate Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.After some more stilted banter ...

The Ballon d'Or, the most prestigious individual prize in football, is awarded annually by France Football magazine to the player perceived to be the best in the world. The winner is chosen through a ...

By taking a step back, Franz Beckenbauer put himself a step ahead. The “libero” — taken from the Italian word for “free” and describing a player who had a covering role behind a ...

Here's Franz Beckenbauer's record with Germany, Bayern, Hamburg, Marseille and New York Cosmos, as well as his Ballon d'Or wins.

Such was his excellence that "Der Kaiser" — as Beckenbauer was known — was a two-time Ballon d’Or winner (1972 and 1976) and finished second in the voting in 1974 and 1975, amid an era he ...

German football legend Franz Beckenbauer dies aged 78. Beckenbauer is one of just three men to have won the World Cup as a player and a manager as well as twice claiming the Ballon d’Or ...