Bernd Franke (born February 12, 1948) is a former German football player. February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Also an outfield player in his youth, young Bernd Franke made his steps towards the professional game following his impressiveness in the ranks of Saar 05 Saarbrücken. Their manager, Otto Knefler, remembered the young goalkeeper during his spell at Fortuna Düsseldorf and took him to Düsseldorf then. It was in 1971 when Knefler had been employed by Bundesliga side Eintracht Braunschweig and signed Franke once again, this time considering decent backup's for Horst Wolter, Braunschweig's regular goalkeeper. Instantly Franke ousted the former international goalkeeper, but couldn't stop his club from getting relegated in 1973. Poised to join 1. FC Kaiserslautern from relegated Braunschweig that summer, Franke rejected the chance of staying a Bundesliga player in the year before the 1974 FIFA World Cup. In 1974 he was back in the Bundesliga with Braunschweig, as reliable as usual, enjoying a third-place finish in 1977 that came quite out of the blue due to Braunschweig's regular role as a relegation battling outfit in the best German rank. Fortuna Düsseldorf is a German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... The official Bundesliga logo. ... Eintracht Braunschweig is a football club based in Braunschweig, Germany, founded on December 15, 1895 and currently plays in the 2nd Bundesliga. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1. ... Qualifying countries The 1974 Football World Cup was held in West Germany. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

It was just days ahead of the 1978 FIFA World Cup when Franke finally started to fall prey to injuries, failing to report for first-team fixtures due to injuries in the remaining years of his career from time to time. A loyal servant for Eintracht Braunschweig, however, the respected keeper stayed on with the club for one more season outside the Bundesliga during 1980-1981 and was, when free of injury, a regular for them until Braunschweig's latest relegation from the top tier of German football in 1985. That was the summer Bernd Franke retired in order to promote his career outside the game. In total he showed up in 345 Bundesliga matches for his sole professional club in between 1971 and 1985. Qualifying countries The 1978 Football World Cup was held in Argentina between June 1 and 25, 1978. ... Eintracht Braunschweig is a football club based in Braunschweig, Germany, founded on December 15, 1895 and currently plays in the 2nd Bundesliga. ... The official Bundesliga logo. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The official Bundesliga logo. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Raising eyebrows due to his games for Eintracht Braunschweig, Bernd Franke established himself as a backup choice for Sepp Maier and Wolfgang Kleff in the affairs of West Germany, debuting for his country on March 28, 1973, in a friendly. Friendlies remained his business, mainly in times when neither Maier nor Kleff were on show for Helmut Schön. His decision to stay on with his club after relegation in 1973 ruined Franke's hopes of getting a spot in the 1974 FIFA World Cup winning squad of West Germany. Schalke 04's Norbert Nigbur was named third choice by the West Germans then. Even more tragic for Franke was an injury he sustained in May 1978 in a meaningless friendly of the 1978 FIFA World Cup squad, for which he had been called up, against a local amateur selection in Frankfurt. The injury forced him to withdraw from the squad, letting him miss out on a World Cup participation for a second time in a row. Therefore Franke was delighted after he had definetely made it into the final squad of his nation for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, despite not showing up a single time in that competition. Weeks before that tournament he had enjoyed his final two of altogether seven caps, playing in friendly victories against Portugal and Norway. Already out of contention for Die Nationalmannschaft, Franke was given the chance to represent West Germany as starting keeper in all of their four matches in the football competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Josef Sepp Maier (born February 28, 1944, Metten, Germany) is a former professional football goalkeeper. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Josef Sepp Maier (born February 28, 1944, Metten, Germany) is a former professional football goalkeeper. ... Helmut Schön (born 15 September 1915 in Dresden, Germany, died 23 February 1996 in Wiesbaden, Germany) was a German football player and manager. ... Qualifying countries The 1974 Football World Cup was held in West Germany. ... FC Schalke 04 (short S04) is a German football team based in Gelsenkirchen. ... Qualifying countries The 1978 Football World Cup was held in Argentina between June 1 and 25, 1978. ... Main Station Frankfurt Frankfurt International Airport For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation). ... Qualifying countries The 1982 Football World Cup was held in Spain by decision of FIFA in July 1966, in the same session where FIFA gave the right to host the 1974 and 1978 tournaments to, respectively, West Germany and Argentina. ... A cap is an appearance for a select team, such as a school, county or international team in sports. ... The football tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics started on July 29 and ended on August 11. ... Audio samples composed by John Williams: Olympic Fanfare (1985) ( file info) 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles Olympic Theme (1985) ( file info) 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles Problems playing the files? See media help. ...

	West Germany squad - 1982 World Cup Runner-up
1 Schumacher | 2 Briegel | 3 Breitner | 4 K. Förster | 5 B. Förster | 6 Dremmler | 7 Littbarski | 8 Fischer | 9 Hrubesch | 10 Müller | 11 Rummenigge | 12 Hannes | 13 Reinders | 14 Magath | 15 Stielike | 16 Allofs | 17 Engels | 18 Matthäus | 19 Hieronymus | 20 Kaltz | 21 Franke | 22 Immel | Coach Derwall Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... First international Switzerland 5 - 3 Germany (Basel, Switzerland; 5 April 1908) Largest win Germany 16 - 0 Russia (Stockholm, Sweden; 1 July 1912) Worst defeat England 9 - 0 Germany (Oxford, England; 16 March 1909) World Cup Appearances 16 (First in 1934) Best result Winners, 1954, 1974, 1990 European Championship Appearances 9... Qualifying countries The 1982 Football World Cup was held in Spain by decision of FIFA in July 1966, in the same session where FIFA gave the right to host the 1974 and 1978 tournaments to, respectively, West Germany and Argentina. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Harald Toni Schumacher. ... Hans-Peter Briegel (born October 11, 1955) is a former German football player and is currently a football coach. ... Paul Breitner (born September 5, 1951 in Kolbermoor, West Germany) was a German football player. ... Karlheinz Förster (* 25 July 1958 in Mosbach) is a former German football player. ... Karlheinz Förster (born 25 July 1958 in Mosbach) is a former German football player. ... Pierre Littbarski (born April 16, 1960 in Berlin) is a German football manager and former player, and was a FIFA World Cup winner with West Germany in 1990. ... Klaus Fischer (born 27 December 1949 in Kreuzstraßl near Lindberg (Bayerischer Wald) in Regen (district), Germany) is a former German football player and football coach. ... Horst Hrubesch (born April 17, 1951 in Hamm) is a retired German soccer player and currently employed as a youth trainer at the DFB. His nickname was Das Kopfball-Ungeheuer (the Header Beast) for his incredible heading skill. ... Hans-Peter Hansi Müller (born 27 July 1957 in Stuttgart) is a former German footballer. ... Karl-Heinz Kalle Rummenigge (born September 25, 1955) is a former German football player. ... Wolfgang-Felix Magath (born July 26, 1953) is a German-Puerto Rican who is association football director with the FC Bayern Munich team. ... Ulrich Uli Stielike (born November 15, 1954 in Ketsch, Germany) is a former German football player, and the current manager of the Ivory Coast national football team. ... Thomas Allofs (born November 17, 1959) is a former German footballer and the brother of Klaus Allofs. ... Lothar Matthäus. ... Manfred Kaltz (born January 6, 1953 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany) is a former German football player and manager. ... Josef Jupp Derwall (b. ...