Horst Eckel

Horst Eckel (2004)

Horst Eckel (born 8 February 1932) is a former German football (soccer) player.

He was part of the West German team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. In total he earned 32 caps. During his club career he played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern and SV Röchling Völklingen. Because of his rapid way of playing, he got the nickname Windhund (sighthound).

After his career, he retrained from toolmaker to teacher, a profession he practised until his retirement.

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	West Germany squad - 1954 FIFA World Cup Champions (1st Title)
1 Turek \| 2 Laband \| 3 Kohlmeyer \| 4 Bauer \| 5 Erhardt \| 6 Eckel \| 7 Posipal \| 8 Mai \| 9 Mebus \| 10 Liebrich \| 11 Metzner \| 12 Rahn \| 13 Morlock \| 14 Klodt \| 15 O. Walter \| 16 F. Walter \| 17 Herrmann \| 18 Biesinger \| 19 Pfaff \| 20 Schäfer \| 21 Kubsch \| 22 Kwiatkowski \| Coach: Herberger

	West Germany squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place
1 Herkenrath \| 2 Erhardt \| 3 Juskowiak \| 4 Eckel \| 5 Wewers \| 6 Szymaniak \| 7 Stollenwerk \| 8 Rahn \| 9 Walter \| 10 Schmidt \| 11 Schäfer \| 12 Seeler \| 13 Klodt \| 14 Cieslarczyk \| 15 Kelbassa \| 16 Sturm \| 17 Schnellinger \| 18 Hoffmann \| 19 Peters \| 20 Nuber \| 21 Sawitzki \| 22 Kwiatkowski \| Coach: Herberger