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
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964-1974	Standard Liège
1974-1975	Union St. Gilloise
1975-1977	US Tellinoise
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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 a pulmonary embolism.^[1]

References

1. "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
• Profile at weltfussball(German)