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With six minutes remaining in the final, Rahn received the ball just outside the penalty box, beat a Hungarian defender, and shot into the lower left corner with his weaker left foot, giving West Germany a 3-2 victory over Hungary. The match became known in Germany as Das Wunder von Bern, the Miracle of Bern.
Rahn earned the nickname Der Boss, meaning The Boss, because of his on-field leadership. He was also occasionally referred to as the Cannon from Essen.
Rahn scored 10 goals across his World Cup appearances, making him at the time the third-highest scorer in World Cup history, behind Just Fontaine and Sandor Kocsis. He was also the first player ever to score at least four goals in two different World Cups.
Rahn played for Altenessen 1912, SC Oelde 09, Sportfreunde Katernberg, Rot-Weiss Essen, 1. FC Koln, Sportclub Enschede, and Meidericher SV. His longest and most successful club stint was with Rot-Weiss Essen from 1951 to 1959, where he won the DFB-Pokal in 1953 and the German football championship in 1955.
Rahn died on the 14th of August 2003 in Essen, two days before his 74th birthday. On the 11th of July 2004, a life-size statue was erected near the Georg-Melches-Stadium in Essen on a square named after him, and director Sonke Wortmann dedicated the film The Miracle of Bern to him.
At the 1958 World Cup, Rahn was awarded the FIFA World Cup Silver Boot and finished as the Ballon d'Or runner-up. His goal against Yugoslavia in that tournament brought his career World Cup total to 10.