Overview
- MSV Duisburg confirmed late Monday that Manglitz died after a short, serious illness at the age of 86.
- He secured a place in Bundesliga history by converting a penalty in June 1967 to become the first goalkeeper to score in the league.
- Manglitz earned four caps for West Germany and was a member of the 1970 World Cup squad in Mexico but did not play at the tournament.
- His top‑level career collapsed after he was implicated in the 1970/71 match‑fixing scandal, received a lifetime ban from the DFB and was later pardoned in 1974 before a brief return in the second tier.
- After football he moved to Spain, ran businesses and kept a public, outspoken persona known as “Cassius,” and current obituaries balance his sporting achievements with the lasting stigma of the scandal.