Frank Mill

Frank Mill is my kind of football hero: gloriously human. An Essen-born striker on West Germany's 1990 World Cup-winning squad, he is half-remembered for a famously missed open goal, yet that anecdote only makes him more endearing to me. Two Olympic appearances and a 1988 bronze prove the longevity behind the legend. I love that he later reinvented himself as an entrepreneur, refusing to coast on past glory. The polished, untouchable champions rarely stay with me; the grafters who fought, stumbled, and kept going do. His passing in 2025 closed a career I find genuinely admirable for its grit rather than its perfection.

Frank Mill (23 July 1958 – 5 August 2025) was a German professional footballer who was a member of the 1990 FIFA World Cup winning squad of West Germany. Further, he participated at the 1984 and at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal with the West German team.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Name (English)

Frank Mill

Name (Japanese)

フランク・ミル

Reading

ふらんく・みる

Born

July 23, 1958 (age 67)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dog

Origin

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Blood type

Private

Height

176 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

association football player / entrepreneur / international sportsperson

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AB

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• association football player
• entrepreneur
• international sportsperson

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.