Léon Jeck

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Léon Jeck (2 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 pulmonary embolism.

v • d • e Belgium squad - 1970 FIFA World Cup

1 Piot • 2 Heylens • 3 Thissen • 4 Dewalque • 5 Jeck • 6 Dockx • 7 Semmeling • 8 Van Moer • 9 Devrindt • 10 Van Himst • 11 Puis • 12 Trappeniers • 13 Beurlet • 14 Martens • 15 Vandendaele • 16 Polleunis • 17 Verheyen • 18 Lambert • 19 Carteus • 20 Peeters • 21 Janssens • 22 Duquesne • Coach: Goethals