.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.