Horst Eckel
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Date of birth
8 February 1932
Date of death
3 December 2021 (aged 89)
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
.jpg) Eckel in 2014 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 February 1932 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Vogelbach, Bavaria, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 3 December 2021 (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) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Horst Eckel (8 February 1932 – 3 December 2021) was a German footballer who played as a wing-half. 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.
Eckel debuted in 1. FC Kaiserslautern's first team in 1947 at the age of 15.[1] He won the German football championship with Kaiserslautern in 1951 and 1953. Eckel was playing as a right half back. As a player, Eckel was assiduous and adroit.[1] Because of his rapid way of playing, he got the nickname Windhund (sighthound). He later played for SV Röchling Völklingen in the Regionalliga Südwest.[2]
