Jürgen Rumor (born 19 February 1945) is a former professional

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. Rumor started his footballing career at 1. FC Köln, where he made 56 Fußball-Bundesliga appearances before moving to

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. After 63 games, Rumor transferred to Hertha BSC. As a Hertha player, Rumor was involved in the

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for having taken a bribe to fix a match. On 23 January 1972, Rumor was fined 15,000

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and given a lifelong ban from football by the German Football Association. However, he was later given an

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and played a further 16 Bundesliga games for

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during the 1974–75 season.

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