Full name Horst Eckel Name Horst Eckel Playing position Role Footballer | Years Team Height 1.80 m Position Midfielder | |
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Date of birth (1932-02-08) 8 February 1932 (age 83) Place of birth Vogelbach, German Reich Similar People Ottmar Walter, Hans Schafer, Holger Dexne Profiles | ||
Horst eckel endspiel um die wm 1954
Horst Eckel (born 8 February 1932) is a former German footballer.
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In the 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifying, Eckel became the first substitute in the history of football. He was part of the West German team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. In total he earned 32 caps. During his club career he played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern and SV Röchling Völklingen. Because of his rapid way of playing, he got the nickname Windhund (sighthound).
Eckel debuted in Kaiserslautern's first team in 1947 at the age of 15. 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. During the 1954 FIFA World Cup Eckel became an important pillar of the successful West German team. The strength of the right side of Sepp Herberger's team was made possible due to Eckel's high defensive workrate and his passes, from which outside right Helmut Rahn and inside right Max Morlock benefitted enormously.
After his career, he retrained from toolmaker to teacher, a profession he practised until his retirement.
He was an advisor for The Miracle of Bern, Sönke Wortmann's movie about the 1954 FIFA World Cup.
As of July 2017, Eckel is one of the only two players still alive from the 1954 FIFA World Cup winner team, the other being Hans Schäfer.
Horst eckel im gespr ch mit peter lohmeyer 100 menschen 100 geschichten
