WHAT THE FUCHS?!
Jul 03, 2019
4 minutes
1 EYE ON THE BALL
There’s no doubting Ryan Gibson’s dedication to Bayern Munich: he has their logo on his eye. Gibson, an ex-Navy serviceman from South Carolina, is a lifelong Roten supporter and gained permission from the club to use their logo on his prosthetic eye after suffering from ocular melanoma, a rare cancer.
“When people see it, they say, ‘Shit, that’s badass’,” Gibson tells FFT. “I wanted something no one else had.”
He had the chance to meet Bastian Schweinsteiger recently, with the Bayern great now at Chicago Fire. Gibson also visited Munich and shared an emotional exchange with outgoing Bayern legend Franck Ribery. The Frenchman is Gibson’s
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