Léon Jeck

Léon Jeck
	Jeck in 1968
Personal information
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)	Centre-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
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 footballer. He was a tough-tackling centre-back for Standard Liège and played for the Belgium national team against Russia and Mexico in the 1970 FIFA 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.

External links

Léon Jeck – FIFA competition record (archived)
Léon Jeck at WorldFootball.net
Léon Jeck at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] "Léon Jeck emporté par une embolie" [Léon Jeck died from a stroke]. Le Soir (in French). Brussels. 25 June 2007.

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