Léon Jeck (8 February 1947 – 24 June 2007) was a Belgian internationalfootballer. He was a tough-tackling centre-back for Standard Liège 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]
léon, jeck, february, 1947, june, 2007, belgian, international, footballer, tough, tackling, centre, back, standard, liège, played, against, russia, mexico, 1970, world, finals, jeck, tackle, that, controversially, given, penalty, mexico, game, that, helped, h. Leon 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 Leon JeckPersonal informationFull nameLeon JeckDate of birth 1947 02 08 8 February 1947Place of birthAns BelgiumDate of death24 June 2007 2007 06 24 aged 60 Place of deathSeraing BelgiumPosition s DefenderSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1964 1974Standard Liege1974 1975Union St Gilloise1975 1977US Tellinoise Club domestic league appearances and goalsReferences edit Leon Jeck emporte par une embolie Leon Jeck died from a stroke Le Soir in French Brussels 25 June 2007 External links editLeon Jeck FIFA competition record archived Leon Jeck at WorldFootball net nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to association football in Belgium about a defender is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leon Jeck amp oldid 1163580861, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
