Germany is one of the most successful soccer nations ever and has produced seminal talents by the dozen but none larger than Franz Anton Beckenbauer. His accomplishments go beyond his busload of trophies and accolades. He changed the German national team and turned Bayern Munich from provincial afterthought to European juggernaut. And he did it all with a sly smile and the cool and elegance that earned him the crowning by a nation - Kaiser Franz, the emperor.