Famous sports stars who died in 2024: Beckenbauer, OJ, West, Mays, Kiptum
Al Jazeera
A look back at the superlative sporting careers of some of the all-time greats who passed away in 2024.
Each year, the sporting world remembers the passing of current superstar athletes and long-retired legends, each of whom impacted their respective sport in unique ways.
Al Jazeera chronicles the sporting life of five of the highest-profile names who departed in 2024:
Germany’s football great who won World Cups for his country as both player and manager, died at 78.
Born in Munich just four months after World War II, Beckenbauer is widely regarded as Germany’s greatest footballer of all time.
On the field, he transformed the game in Europe. While still a teenager with Bayern Munich, he pioneered a highly innovative playing style which is now widely referred to as “total football”.
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