Léon Jeck

Léon Jeck
Personal information
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
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 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]

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

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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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