The life and times of the Bayern Munich president

Hoeness here to stay

December 2, 2009
By Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger
A few minutes before 9pm on May 28, 1975, in Paris, Leeds United's Scottish left-back Frank Gray ended one German footballer's career and launched another one, both of them amazingly successful.

Well, I admit Gray wasn't the first Leeds player on the night to kick young Uli Hoeness so hard the German had to receive treatment at the sidelines (he was the third). It's also true that, taking everything into account, it might have been Bayern's medical staff that ultimately finished Hoeness's ...

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