13.02.2021Bayer 04

On his 58th birthday: Vollborn's 'Rudi recounts' starts

Rüdiger Vollborn has been at the club for nearly 40 years, he has the record number of Bundesliga appearances for the club (401) and is the only Bayer 04 player to have won both the UEFA Cup (1988) and the DFB Cup (1993). And the Berliner stayed with the Werkself after ending his impressive playing career as he worked as a goalkeeping coach for the following nine years. Vollborn now works under the Bayer Cross as a fan liaison officer and club archivist. From February 2021, the personalised Black and Red lexicon takes Werkself fans under the heading of 'Rudi recounts...' on a small trip through the history of Bayer 04 every month...

Vollborn, who is 58 years old on this Friday (Bayer 04 wish Rudi a Happy Birthday), looks back at goals, games, personalities and stories off the pitch from the Bayer 04 club history. In February, the Leverkusen legend put together an interesting TV report for Werkself fans on the goal-packed derby win against FC Köln in the snow on 17 February 1963.

Also in the month of February: An abandoned game from 1948 and photos of the Werkself team photo shoot in the Grünewald Halle in 1991. Click HERE for all the reports.

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