 Kunyange zvazvo Seeler asina kumbobvira akunda World Cup kubatanidzwa kwake semutambi mumutambo uyu kwakatanga makore mana mushure mekunge West Germany yakahwina World Cup yavo yekutanga 1954 uye yakapera makore mana vasati vawana yechipiri 1974, aive nebasa rakabudirira mumutambo uyu; ndiye mutambi wekutanga kuoneka mumitambo makumi maviri yeWorld Cup akaenda pamudyandigere aine mitambo makumi maviri nemasere, akabatanidzwa wechitatu nguva dzose; wekutanga kurova muNdebe dzeNyika ina kukunda Pelé nemaminetsi mashoma chete, uye mutambi wekutanga kurova zvibodzwa zviviri muNdebe dzeNyika ina yakakwikwidzwa muna 2014 nemumwe wake Miroslav Klose. Iyewo ari pachinzvimbo chechitatu mumaminitsi ose-nguva akatamba muWorld Cups, ne1980, shure kwaPaolo Maldini naLothar Matthäus. Pakazara, akarova zvibodzwa zvipfumbamwe mumakwikwi mana eWorld Cup aakatamba, pamwe nezvibodzwa zvitatu mumitambo yeWorld Cup Qualifying; akarova ka43 mumitambo makumi manomwe nemaviri yepasi rose pakati pa1954 na1970. Mufananidzo weSeeler akaora mwoyo achisiya munda achangobva kukundwa muFinal yeWorld Cup ya1966rakasarudzwa seMufananidzo weZana reMakore nekicker magazini. 