Josef Dieter Maier
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Josef Dieter "Sepp" Maier is a legendary German former football goalkeeper, best known for his long career at Bayern Munich and his key role in West Germany’s 1974 World Cup victory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Josef Dieter Maier canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2507518 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Josef Dieter Maier Context triple: [Sepp Maier, fullName, Josef Dieter Maier]
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A.
Gerhard Doerfer
Gerhard Doerfer was a German linguist renowned for his critical work on Turkic and other Central Asian languages and for his influential rejection of the proposed Altaic language family.
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B.
Hermann Weingärtner
Hermann Weingärtner was a German gymnast who became one of the most successful competitors at the inaugural modern Olympic Games in 1896, winning multiple medals across several events.
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C.
Leonhard Romeis
Leonhard Romeis was a German architect known for his historicist designs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly in Munich.
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D.
Johann Hohenstein
Johann Hohenstein was an early 16th-century printer known for producing works by the English Bible translator William Tyndale.
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E.
Karl Herzfeld
Karl Herzfeld was an Austrian-American physicist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics and acoustics, and for mentoring influential physicists such as John Archibald Wheeler.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Josef Dieter Maier Target entity description: Josef Dieter "Sepp" Maier is a legendary German former football goalkeeper, best known for his long career at Bayern Munich and his key role in West Germany’s 1974 World Cup victory.
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A.
Gerhard Doerfer
Gerhard Doerfer was a German linguist renowned for his critical work on Turkic and other Central Asian languages and for his influential rejection of the proposed Altaic language family.
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B.
Hermann Weingärtner
Hermann Weingärtner was a German gymnast who became one of the most successful competitors at the inaugural modern Olympic Games in 1896, winning multiple medals across several events.
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C.
Leonhard Romeis
Leonhard Romeis was a German architect known for his historicist designs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly in Munich.
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D.
Johann Hohenstein
Johann Hohenstein was an early 16th-century printer known for producing works by the English Bible translator William Tyndale.
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E.
Karl Herzfeld
Karl Herzfeld was an Austrian-American physicist known for his contributions to statistical mechanics and acoustics, and for mentoring influential physicists such as John Archibald Wheeler.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German international footballer
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association football player ⓘ goalkeeper ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | German Footballer of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1944-02-28 ⓘ |
| employer |
FC Bayern Munich
NERFINISHED
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Germany national football team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Josef NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | about 1.83 m ⓘ |
| leagueParticipatedIn | Bundesliga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam |
FC Bayern Munich
NERFINISHED
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West Germany national football team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| middleName | Dieter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nickname |
Die Katze von Anzing
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Sepp Maier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
key role in West Germany’s 1974 World Cup victory
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long career at Bayern Munich ⓘ |
| notableWork | autobiographical and goalkeeping books ⓘ |
| numberOfAppearancesForClub | over 500 for FC Bayern Munich ⓘ |
| numberOfInternationalCaps | 95 for West Germany ⓘ |
| occupation |
football coach
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football player ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
1970 FIFA World Cup
NERFINISHED
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1974 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ 1978 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ UEFA Euro 1972 NERFINISHED ⓘ UEFA Euro 1976 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Metten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | goalkeeper ⓘ |
| residence | Bavaria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | goalkeeping coach ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sportsDiscipline | association football ⓘ |
| styleOfPlay | agile and reflex-based goalkeeping ⓘ |
| winnerOf |
1972–73 European Cup
NERFINISHED
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1973–74 European Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ 1974 FIFA World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ 1974–75 European Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ Bundesliga 1968–69 NERFINISHED ⓘ Bundesliga 1971–72 NERFINISHED ⓘ Bundesliga 1972–73 NERFINISHED ⓘ Bundesliga 1973–74 NERFINISHED ⓘ DFB-Pokal 1965–66 NERFINISHED ⓘ DFB-Pokal 1966–67 NERFINISHED ⓘ DFB-Pokal 1968–69 NERFINISHED ⓘ DFB-Pokal 1970–71 NERFINISHED ⓘ Intercontinental Cup 1976 NERFINISHED ⓘ UEFA Euro 1972 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Josef Dieter Maier Description of subject: Josef Dieter "Sepp" Maier is a legendary German former football goalkeeper, best known for his long career at Bayern Munich and his key role in West Germany’s 1974 World Cup victory.
Referenced by (1)
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