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Léon Jeck

Léon Jeck

Belgian footballer


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]

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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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