Frank Schäffer

Frank Schäffer
Personal information
Date of birth (1952-07-06)6 July 1952
Place of birth Leonberg, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Date of death 15 November 2024(2024-11-15) (aged 72)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
TSV Eltingen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1974 SpVgg Ludwigsburg
1974–1983 Borussia Mönchengladbach 229 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Schäffer (6 July 1952 – 15 November 2024) was a German footballer who played as a defender and later a singer. He spent nine seasons in the Bundesliga with Borussia Mönchengladbach winning the Bundesliga three times, the UEFA Cup twice and reaching the 1977 European Cup final which they lost 3-1 to Liverpool. He later became lead singer with the band Eddy & the News, with whom he sang for over 20 years. Schäffer died on 15 November 2024, at the age of 72.