Léon Jeck
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Léon Jeck | ||
Date of birth | 8 February 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Ans, Belgium | ||
Date of death | 24 June 2007 | (aged 60)||
Place of death | Seraing, Belgium | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1964–1974 | Standard Liège | ||
1974–1975 | Union St. Gilloise | ||
1975–1977 | US Tellinoise | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Léon Jeck (8 February 1947 – 24 June 2007) was a Belgian international footballer. He was a tough-tackling Centre-Back for Standard Liege and played against Russia and Mexico in the 1970 World Cup Finals. It was Jeck's tackle that was controversially given as a penalty in the Mexico game that helped the hosts, not Belgium, progress to the next stage. He died on 23 June 2007 at the age of 60 from a pulmonary embolism.[1]
References
- ^ "Léon Jeck emporté par une embolie" [Léon Jeck died from a stroke]. Le Soir (in French). Brussels. 25 June 2007.
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