Grief for Frank Mill: “A fine footballer and a slit ear”

Frank Mill (1958-2025), former football professional and world champion in 1990, is dead. How, the former international died of a heart attack at the age of 67. Already in the first hours after the sad news became known, numerous voices from German football registered to say goodbye.

Today’s DFB sports director Rudi Völler, who won the world championship title in 1990 at the Mill’s side in Italy, is “shocked” about the news. “In addition to Franz Beckenbauer and Andy Brehme, we will now be missing another world champion from 1990 forever,” he becomes. Mill was “a real team player”, “with his good mood and humor to the wonderful team spirit and this great time in Italy. He was a fine footballer and a slit ear in the most positive sense. We will miss him.”

DFB President Bernd Neuendorf is also “profound and dismayed by the much too early death of our world champion Frank Mill”. The one had never seen himself as a world champion, which according to Neuendorf was an “expression of his modesty and down -to -earthness”. “Also because of these characteristics alongside all his football skills, because of his friendliness and warmth, he was valued and highly regarded everywhere.”

The Rot-Weiss Essen club meanwhile mourned around its former striker. “The native of Essen died in the night of Monday, August 4, on Tuesday, August 5, the consequences of a severe heart attack. He was only 67,” says the attached comment. The “legend” Mill, who played 165 professional games for Rot-Weiss and scored 90 goals, should rest in peace.

“Quiet in peace, Frank Mill”, also condolences. “As we unfortunately had to experience this morning, our former player and manager at the age of 67 died of the consequences of a heart attack.” One is “in my thoughts at Frank’s family & Allen who were close to him”.

The Borussia of Mill, who ran for the club for five years and, according to the club, scored 85 goals in 187 games. “We are in his family and wish her a lot of strength in this difficult time,” said the club.

Mill was not on the pitch for Eintracht Frankfurt, but you also express your condolences at the SGE. “Rest in peace, Frank Mill! We wish the relatives a lot of strength – Eintracht is in your thoughts” ,.

“Our thoughts are with Frank Mills family and his relatives. Borussia Dortmund mourns the loss of a big player of the 80s and 90s,” says Hans-Joachim Watzke, CEO, in an obituary. “Francony was a slit ear on the lawn and a wonderful conversation partner outside the field.”

BVB President Dr. Reinhold Lunow explains: “He was one of my heroes and a welcome guest in our stadium in recent years. Without Frank Mill, Borussia Dortmund would not have been a cup winner in 1989 and would not be there today.” Norbert Dickel, Mill’s former and long -time storm partner, shows “very, very sad”. He “lost a good friend”. The two had “experienced so much together, always had a tight wire and liked to talk about old times”.