Heinz Simmet played 259 Bundesliga games in a row for 1. FC Köln between 1970 and 1977.
Simmet was never sick, rarely injured, and when he was, he still played. In his first year in Cologne he won the DFB Cup with FC with a 3-1 final victory over Bochum. In the last matchday, when the goal difference decided the German championship, FC won 5-0 at FC St. Pauli. The Rhinelander is often said to have been built close to the water, but naming Cologne's regular team can bring tears of emotion to the faces of even die-hard FC fans.