Full name Jürgen Rumor Playing position Years Team Position Defender | Height 1.78 m | |
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Date of birth (1945-02-19) 19 February 1945 (age 72) |
Jürgen Rumor (born 19 February 1945) is a former professional German footballer.
Rumor started his footballing career at 1. FC Köln, where he made 56 Fußball-Bundesliga appearances before moving to 1. FC Kaiserslautern. After 63 games, Rumor transferred to Hertha BSC. As a Hertha player, Rumor was involved in the 1971 Bundesliga scandal for having taken a bribe to fix a match. On 23 January 1972, Rumor was fined 15,000 Deutsche Mark and given a lifelong ban from football by the German Football Association. However, he was later given an amnesty and played a further 16 Bundesliga games for Tennis Borussia Berlin during the 1974–75 season.
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