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A memorial service for former West Germany and Werder Bremen goalkeeper Dieter Burdenski, who died on October 9 at age 73, was held on Tuesday. Family, friends and the Bremen club paid tribute to Burdenski, who won 12 caps and was part of the 1978 World Cup squad, at the memorial in a Bremen concert hall. Burdenski played a Bremen club record 582 matches between 1972 and 1988, including 444 in the Bundesliga. He was Bremen goalkeeper coach 1997-2005, with the club winning two German Cups and the Bundesliga in the period. “Budde was a man-catcher in a positive sense. A great person, of whom we …

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