Harald Anton Schumacher (born March 6, 1954 in Düren, Germany), commonly known as Toni Schumacher, was a football goalkeeper of the 1980s, member of the West German national team, with which he won the 1980 European Championship and lost two World Cup finals, in 1982 and 1986.

On the field, Schumacher was an effective goalkeeper, and was one of the first keepers to master a one-armed throw that could propel the ball well into the opponents' half.

Schumacher is remembered in particular for a collision with a French defender, substitute Patrick Battiston, in the semi-final of the 1982 World Cup. Both Battiston and Schumacher were chasing down a long-ball pass, sprinting at each other and the ball from opposite directions. Battiston arrived moments before Schumacher, firing off a shot just over the head and left of Schumacher. Just before the resulting collision, Schumacher jumped and put his hands in the air and to his left, trying to stop the ball that was whizzing past him. He also seemed to oddly twist and contort his legs off to the side of him while mid-flight, resulting in his buttocks actually making the first impact.

Thus we have the controversy : some say he jumped and performed this maneuver assuming that Battiston would dive to the ground in an attempt to avoid the collision, while others say the entire challenge was completely malicious and more akin to a tackle you would see in American football. All that can be said for sure is that the referee was merely a few yards from this play. He had a much better vantage point than any cameras, and he seemed to find no foul play in the incident.

Afterwards, Battiston was prone, unmoving on the pitch, with his two front teeth knocked out and damaged vertebrae. He received oxygen on the pitch. Platini later said that he thought that Battiston was dead, because "he had no pulse and looked pale".

The Dutch referee Charles Corver awarded a goal kick, since Battiston's shot had sailed wide of the goal and rolled out of play.

When West Germany and France met again in World Cup 1986, Battiston said that the incident was "forgiven and forgotten". However, he said that he was wary of getting "close to Schumacher" and said that he would hold a distance of at least 40 meters from the German goalkeeper. Schumacher would not comment on the incident. Germany went on to win the game 2-0.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Schumacher)
Clip of the incident: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziCPQk_Zn80&search=Battiston