The former world champion and DFB team boss Rudi Völler and national team doctor Tim Meyer have been awarded the honorary prize of the German Football League.
The ceremony took place on August 16, one day before the DFL General Assembly, in the “Goldsaal” of Dortmund’s Westfalenhallen, where the founding of the Bundesliga was decided 60 years ago. Völler was not there for personal reasons. “The DFL honorary award is a recognition of special and outstanding achievements in all aspects of German professional football,” writes the DFL about its award.
Völler (62) had resigned from his position as sports director at Bayer Leverkusen in the summer. The long-standing professional and official is considered one of the most influential faces in German football. During the Corona crisis, Meyer (54) played a key role in the development of the hygiene concept at national and international level, with the help of which the Bundesliga could be played much earlier than in other countries.
Before Mayer and Völler, 13 prize winners had been awarded: Heribert Bruchhagen, Karl-Heinz Heimann, Jupp Heynckes, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Horst Hrubesch, Karl-Heinz Körbel, Udo Lattek, Lothar Matthäus, Wolfgang Overath, Claudio Pizarro, Fritz Pleitgen, Otto Rehhagel, Uwe Seeler.