Frank Mill

Frank Mill was a professional German footballer who played as a forward and was part of the national team that won the FIFA World Cup in 1990. Born in Essen, he developed his career in local clubs such as Eintracht Essen and Rot-Weiss Essen before moving on to play for prominent teams like Borussia Mönchengladbach, Borussia Dortmund, and Fortuna Düsseldorf. Despite not taking the field during the World Cup, he was a member of the squad coached by Franz Beckenbauer that triumphed over Argentina in the final. Mill also achieved success at the club level, winning the DFB-Pokal with Dortmund in 1989 and earning a bronze medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He sadly passed away at the age of 67 due to a heart attack, as announced by Rot-Weiss Essen.