SOCCER PLAYER

Horst Eckel

1932 - 2021

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Horst Eckel is the 1,097th most popular soccer player (down from 798th in 2019), the 2,840th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,394th in 2019) and the 75th most popular German Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Horst Eckel ranks 1,097 out of 21,273. Before him are David Platt, Cliff Jones, Ferruccio Valcareggi, Enzo Maresca, Harry Gregg, and Jordi Cruyff. After him are Alan Smith, David de Gea, Toni Turek, Ryoji Yamanaka, Nuno Gomes, and Pablo Aimar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Horst Eckel ranks 188. Before him are Hassan Al-Turabi, John Hillerman, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Lia Manoliu, Richard Estes, and Harry Gregg. After him are Karen Demirchyan, Vladimir Voinovich, Alexander Kluge, Dabney Coleman, Ervin László, and Saul Friedländer. Among people deceased in 2021, Horst Eckel ranks 196. Before him are George Segal, Lou Ottens, Yuan Longping, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Carlos do Carmo, and Dani Karavan. After him are Kjell Askildsen, Yevhen Marchuk, Benigno Aquino III, Gustavo Noboa, Elgin Baylor, and Pilar Bardem.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Horst Eckel ranks 2,841 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Müntefering (1940), Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt (1856), Sibel Kekilli (1980), Emanuel Leutze (1816), Moritz Cantor (1829), and Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1871). After him are Johann Friedrich Pfaff (1765), Aenne Burda (1909), Toni Turek (1919), Oscar Hertwig (1849), Otto Warburg (1859), and Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Horst Eckel ranks 75. Before him are Mats Hummels (1988), Andreas Möller (1967), Lothar Emmerich (1941), Michael Rummenigge (1964), Thomas Häßler (1966), and Winfried Schäfer (1950). After him are Toni Turek (1919), İlkay Gündoğan (1990), Nuri Şahin (1988), Hakan Çalhanoğlu (1994), Herbert Erhardt (1930), and Stefan Effenberg (1968).

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