page_title: Uwe Seeler
section_title: Recognition
hierarchical_section_title: Uwe Seeler / Recognition
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Uwe Seeler zu Ehren wurde vor dem Stadion eine Skulptur seines rechten Fußes errichtet.
context_page_description: Uwe Seeler is a German former footballer and football official. As a striker, he was a prolific scorer for Hamburger SV and also made 72 appearances for the West German national team. Usually regarded as one of the greatest players in German football history, in 2004 he was named one of FIFA's 125 greatest living players by Pelé. He was the first football player to be awarded the Great Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. His grandson, Levin Öztunalı, is also a professional footballer.
context_section_description: Seeler was a tremendously popular player due to his fairness and modesty and is still widely called Uns Uwe (West Low German: Our Uwe) in Hamburg and the surrounding area. The DFB (German FA) made him the second honorary captain of the German national team in 1972 (the first being Fritz Walter).  In 2003, he became an honorary citizen of his hometown Hamburg; the first time the honor was bestowed on a sportsman. That year he also published his memoirs Danke, Fußball (Thank you, football), released as an English version in 2009.
  2005 saw the unveiling of a giant monument in front of the HSV stadium depicting his right foot.
caption: A monument of Seeler's right foot located outside Volksparkstadion
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