Overview

• The class comprises Guido Buchwald, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Horst Hrubesch, Otto Rehhagel, Jupp Heynckes and the late Bert Trautmann.
• Schweinsteiger grew emotional during his acceptance, reflecting on the personal significance of the honor.
• Heynckes, celebrated for Bayern’s 2013 treble, did not attend the ceremony due to health reasons.
• Trautmann was honored posthumously, with his son accepting as tributes recalled his journey from wartime internee to Manchester City icon.
• The Hall, housed at the Deutsches Fußballmuseum, uses a jury largely of sports journalists and a five-year career-end criterion, and its roll now stands at 53 members.