Helmut Schoen (AP Photo)

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Helmut Schoen as he receives a German award. Schoen, who coached the German team to the European championship title in 1972 and to the World Cup title in 1974, died early Friday, February 23, 1996, in a Wiesbaden nursing home at the age of 80. Known as 'the man with the cap' Schoen was coach of the national team from 1964 to 1978.