[Continuing the German theme of the last two entries]

I was saddened to hear that soccer great Helmut Rahn passed away yesterday. When I was seven or so and just starting to read, my uncle gave me a book about the 1954 World Cup, which ended with the “Miracle of Bern”, where the mighty Hungarian team (the unbeatable power of the day) lost to the true underdog German team, a bigger upset than the Miracle on Ice. I must have read the book 15 times, it was my Harry Potter. When we played soccer in our backyard, I was not Helmut Rahn by the way, but Toni Turek, the goalkeeper. There’s a motion picture coming out that revolves around the Wunder von Bern. I hope I can see it some time.