German football mourns Egidius Braun. The longtime President of the German Football Association has died. Braun made a name for itself through social commitment.
German football mourns Egidius Braun. The honorary president of the German Football Association (DFB) died on Wednesday night at the age of 97. With the entrepreneur, from 1992 to 2001 head of the largest individual sports association in the world, the DFB loses one of its outstanding personalities in the association’s 122-year history.
Newly elected DFB President pays tribute to his predecessor
The social responsibility of football was particularly important to Braun. “Football is more than 1-0,” was his motto. The Mexico Aid was launched by him after the 1986 World Cup, and the DFB Foundation Egidius Braun bears his name.
“Today is a sad day for all footballers in Germany and Europe,” said the new DFB President Bernd Neuendorf in a statement, “in Egidius Braun we are losing a special person who is committed to the possibilities of football for those in particular who need support and attention”.
Braun, former treasurer of Uefa, used his network to ensure that Germany was awarded the 2006 World Cup. In the vote in 2000, all eight European representatives on the Executive Committee of the world association Fifa voted in favor of the German bid.