Not a pleasant image, but an iconic one none the less. The England team giving the salute vs. Germany in a 1938 friendly.
For some reason he looks like a goalkeeper to me, as it looks like he has gloves on. So I'll guess: One of Sepp Maier, Toni Schumacher, or Michel Preud'homme.
If we're going to show pictures of creative players and great goalscorers doing what they do best, it is only fair to give defensive players the same honors. Here is a vintage picture of Oscar Ruggeri doing what he was paid to do. Whatever it takes to stop a talented opponent, in this case Brazil's Muller.
It would be great if there was a picture out there taken during the 1982 Final, when Altobelli scored the third goal, taken just when Conti falls to his knees in joy. Preferably from the side of the pitch that Conti was on, near the corner.
[FONT=arial,sans-serif]Gérson [/FONT] Launching one of his trademark 40 meter milimetric passes. Scoring Brasil's second goal against Italy in the 1970 final.
Luigi Di Biagio falls to the ground and breaks down into tears as his penalty kick rattled the crossbar and knocked Italy out of World Cup 1998. 2 years later, Di Biagio gets revenge and scores the first penalty-kick in Italy's shootout victory vs. Holland.
Uwe Seeler during halftime when England was about to cheat their way to their WC. Lama Rijkaard Maradona doing his Superman impression