Horst-Gregorio Canellas
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Born | 1971 Bundesliga scandal | 6 June 1921
Horst-Gregorio Canellas (6 June 1921 – 23 July 1999)
Biography
Canellas, son of a Spanish father and a German mother, was born in Plauen, Saxony, in 1921. After the end of World War II he spent some time in Spain and then moved to Hesse and adopted German citizenship. He became the managing director of a fruit importer in Frankfurt.[2][3][4]
In 1964 Canellas became chairman of
The day after the end of the
Canellas retired from his business in 1974. On a flight from Mallorca to Frankfurt in 1977 the plane he was on, Lufthansa Flight 181, was hijacked by members of the PFLP and the hostages were later freed by the German counter-terrorism unit GSG 9 in Mogadishu.[5]
Canellas died of lung cancer after a long illness in Offenbach in 1999.[5][8]
References
- kicker. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "Ein Elfmeter kostet 1000 Mark" [A penalty costs DM1,000]. Der Spiegel (in German). 14 June 1971. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ISBN 9780954013455. Retrieved 2 July 2016 – via google.com.au.
- ^ a b "Boss, wir müssen Spiele kaufen" [Boss, we have to buy games]. Der Spiegel (in German). 24 April 1972. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ a b c "Bundesliga: Zentralfigur des Bundesliga-Skandals ist tot" [Bundesliga: Central figure of the Bundesliga scandal has died]. Der Spiegel (in German). 23 July 1999. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "Hintergrund: Der Bundesliga-Skandal von 1971" [Background: The Bundesliga scandal from 1971]. Der Spiegel (in German). 23 January 2005. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ Leyenberg, Hans-Joachim (1 February 2005). "Aus Unschuldsbeteuerungen wurden Meineide" [Pleas of innocence turned into perjury]. Faz.net (in German). Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "Horst Gregorio Canellas". Der Spiegel (in German). 26 July 1999. Retrieved 2 July 2016.