Léon Jeck

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Léon Jeck (Ans, Belgium, 8 February 1947 - Seraing, Belgium, 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.^[1]

References

↑ "Léon Jeck emporté par une embolie" [Léon Jeck died from a stroke] (in French). Lesoir.be. 25 June 2007.

External links

Léon Jeck – FIFA competition record

v t 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 (c) 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

Persondata
Name	Jeck, Leon
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	8 February 1947
Place of birth	Ans, Belgium
Date of death	24 June 2007
Place of death	Seraing, Belgium

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