Rudolf Gets Called Up
Nothing was going Rudolf’s way at the time and matters were made even worse for him in 1943 when he was drafted up to play a more active role on the front lines of the war effort. Having already seen his brother get released so quickly from the army, he was very frustrated by this.
Alex Ferguson, Manager of Aberdeen who are League Champions of Scotland 1983/84 & Scottish FA Cup Winners 1984. Pictured at Pittodrie Stadium, August 1984. Scottish League Trophy (l) Scottish FA Cup (r). (Photo by Sunday People/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
In fact, he even went as far as writing a letter to his brother threatening to get the factory closed down so that Adi would have to come back out and fight as well. By this point, the friendship between the brothers was completely eroded.