1990 World Cup Winner Frank Mill Dies at 67 After Heart Attack
By Kalu blessing
Frank Mill, a World Cup winner with West Germany in 1990, has died at the age of 67, his former clubs Fortuna Düsseldorf and Rot-Weiss Essen confirmed on Tuesday.
Mill, who also secured a bronze medal with West Germany at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul and lifted the German Cup with Borussia Dortmund, passed away following complications from a severe heart attack suffered in May. He earned 17 caps for West Germany and was part of the squad that triumphed at the 1990 World Cup in Italy, though he did not feature in any matches during the tournament.
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In a tribute, his hometown club Rot-Weiss Essen described Mill as “a legend” and “an ambassador for football across the country”. Mill becomes the second member of the 1990 World Cup-winning squad to pass away, following Andreas Brehme, who scored the decisive goal in the final against Argentina. His death marks the end of a chapter for one of the stalwarts of German football during the 1980s and early 1990s.
