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Article: Adolf Hitler: my part in his sporting education
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 8, 1994
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1994 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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THE RULES of football are daily becoming more and more
complicated. No sooner have we accustomed ourselves to the latest
ruling on the number of paces a goalkeeper can move with the ball
than we are told that it is now illegal for Britain and Germany to
play a match on Adolf Hitler's birthday. Am I the only person who
finds this new rule a little odd?
I find it odd not only because until a month or two ago probably
nobody in Britain had the slightest idea when Hitler's birthday
was, but also because it doesn't take into account what Hitler
himself might have felt about the matter - and it is his birthday,
after all.
It is all too seldom remembered that the late Adolf Hitler was a
great ...