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Helmut SchnHelmut Schn (born 15 September 1915 in Dresden, Germany, died 23 February 1996 in Wiesbaden, Germany) was a German football player and manager. He is best remembered for his exceptional career as manager of West Germany. He played for Dresdner S.C., winning the German football championship in 1943 and 1944, and the cup in 1941 and 1942. He appeared 16 times for his country between 1937 and 1941, scoring 17 goals. Between 1952 and 1956, he managed the then-independent Saarland side, who met West Germany in qualification for the 1954 World Cup. In 1956 he became assistant to Sepp Herberger, whom he succeeded as manager of the national team in November 1964. Under Schn's leadership, the West German team were Football World Cup runners-up in 1966, third in the World Cup of 1970, European champions in 1972, World Cup winners in 1974 and European Championship runners-up in 1976. Schn gave notice that he would retire after the 1978 World Cup, to be replaced by his assistant Jupp Derwall. He was unable to go out on a high note as his team were knocked out of the competition by Austria. Schn, Helmut Schn, Helmut Schn, Helmut
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