Léon Jeck

Quick Facts

Intro

Belgian association football player

Places

Belgium

was

Athlete Football player Association football player

Work field

Sports

Gender

Male

Birth

2 February 1947 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Ans, Belgium

Star sign

Aquarius People who share this birthday

Death

24 June 2007 People who died on this day

Place of death

Seraing, Belgium

Age

60 years

Stats

Height:

183 cm

Sports Teams

Standard Liège

Royale Union Saint-Gilloise

Belgium national football team

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

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 at the age of 60, the 23 June 2007 from a pulmonary embolism.

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