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The Three Lives of the Kaiser

by Uli Hesse

Franz Beckenbauer – ‘the Kaiser’ – is a football icon at home and abroad. But his life and career have been a rollercoaster ride of exhilarating highs and crushing lows. Leading football writer Uli Hesse chronicles a life of pioneering football, of dizzying stardom, of a talent that united the world in admiration.

The Three Lives of the Kaiser by Uli Hesse
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