Otto Fritz ‘Tull’ Harder: From German hero to Nazi war criminal
Player who commanded Hannover-Ahlem, a Nazi concentration camp.
Hans Lorenzen: Inventing football for the blind
Creating opportunities for blind people to enjoy football.
Ernest Wilmowski: A problem of identity
A German-Polish star in the Polish team, and then a player for the Third Reich.
Ernst Happel: Total Football Lives On
The European coach from Austria who built bridges.
Violette Morris: Heroine, Sportswoman, Collaborator
She challenged cultural norms, but was killed a collaborator in war-torn France.
Bruno Neri: Partisan Commander
Football player in resistance to fascism.
Alex Villaplane: From Football hero to war-time villain
He captained France in the 1930 World Cup, but was executed in 1944 as a war criminal.
Neta Cohen: Young woman saved by Football
A Jewish woman who fell in love with a footballer and escaped the Holocaust.
When the ball can be heard
On this day in 1946 Hans Laurenzen and Sett Randlem pioneered Goalball. But football for the visually impaired has older historical roots.
August in Football
As the UEFA 2020 European Championships got pushed ahead one year, the team of Football Makes History will provide you with a 365-day #onthisday series of posts to help all fans out there to go back in time, think, and reflect.
