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It is perhaps precisely these unresolved details that

It is perhaps precisely these unresolved details that contributed to Banach becoming a myth in Cologne, an eternal crowd favourite.

It is perhaps precisely these unresolved details that contributed to Banach becoming a myth in Cologne, an eternal crowd favourite. More than 25 years after his death, Maurice Banach - son of an African-American US soldier and a German mother, a young man who could hardly have had an easy time in fiercely Catholic Münster - remains unforgettable in the cathedral city. Videos of his spectacular goals still circulate endlessly in FC forums, and posters marked the 25th anniversary of his death.\n\nOne can only imagine the viral shitstorm that would greet the loudmouth who interrupted the league-wide minute of silence for Banach a week later in Kaiserslautern before a match against Schalke.

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