Horst Eckel
German footballer (1932–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Horst Eckel (8 February 1932 – 3 December 2021) was a German footballer. He was part of the West Germany national team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He was the last surviving player of the 1954 World Cup Final.
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Full name | Horst Eckel | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1932-02-08)8 February 1932 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Vogelbach, Bavaria, Germany | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 3 December 2021(2021-12-03) (aged 89) | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Wing half | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
SC Vogelbach | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1949–1960 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 214 | (34) | |||||||||||
1960–1966 | SV Röchling Völklingen | |||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1952–1958 | West Germany | 32 | (0) | |||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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