RIP Uwe Seeler

[Hurricane Sterling]

German legend. According to his wikapedia page he played one league match for Cork Celtic in 1978 at age of 42 and scored 2 goals in it.

 

[Jim Comic]

The story of how Germany’s 500-goal sensation came out of retirement to score at Turner’s Cross

Uwe Seeler scored over 500 goals for Hamburg and captained Germany in the 1966 World Cup final. Six years after his retirement in 1972 he played one last game — for Cork Celtic.

www.the42.ie

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Rest In Peace.

 

[SoundMan]

Rest in Peace. I actually saw him play down the Cross. Fat, balding, not very mobile, but he could play.