Former soccer world champion Horst Eckel is dead

Former soccer world champion Horst Eckel is dead Status: 03.12.2021 13:53 Uhr Horst Eckel was the last living "hero of Bern", the legendary national soccer team of 1954. Now the former world champion has died at the age of 89.The former national soccer player Horst Eckel is dead. This was announced by the DFB. Eckel was part of the legendary 1954 team that won the first World Cup title for Germany in Bern. Eckel died at the age of 89.The right winger of the 1st FC Kaiserslautern was the youngest member of that team of captain Fritz Walter, which won the final in the constant rain against the great favorites Hungary after a 0:2 deficit with 3:2 and created the "Miracle of Bern".Nicknamed "Greyhound "The Palatine had the nickname "The Greyhound" because the fast player plugged the holes in midfield and kept his future best man Fritz Walter's back free. Together with Fritz and Ottmar Walter as well as Werner Liebrich and Werner Kohlmeyer, he formed the Lauter block in Herbert's team and played a total of 32 international matches. "At the final whistle, we knew that we were world champions. But we didn't realize what that meant to the people back home until we stepped onto German soil again. It was a great reception," Eckel once recalled. Nine years after the end of World War II, this victory signaled the nation's political and economic awakening. Hundreds of thousands lined the tracks and streets as the world champions returned home in triumph.As long as all the 1954 world champions were still alive, Eckel, who was born in Bruchmühlbach-Miesau, was always overshadowed by the big names: Helmut Rahn, Toni Turek and above all Fritz Walter. After the death of Hans Schäfer on November 7, 2017, however, only the down-to-earth and reserved Eckel remained to represent this team of the century at every opportunity. "I have remained a completely normal person "He also advised the director Sönke Wortmann when he was shooting the film "The Miracle of Bern". Eckel's soccer career and his life cannot be compared with today's world champions. The two-time German champion (1951 and 1953) changed clubs only once: from 1. FC Kaiserslautern to SV Röchling Völklingen in Saarland (1960).After his time as a soccer player, the trained toolmaker studied art and sports on the second educational path and worked as a secondary school teacher from 1973. Being called a "hero of Bern" has always bothered him, he says. "I have remained a completely normal person," he often said. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wolfgang Hampel, satire is my favorite animal, laughter makes life a little bit better Who laughs, makes his life and the lives of others a little bit better. The very funny book Satire is my favorite animal by Wolfgang Hampel is the best means for this. Mayor Stefanie Jansen handed over the first Vita Magica donation at Vita Magica October in the amount of Euro 500 to Anne Grazcol-Steiner and Wolfgang Grazcol from the Taeter Theater Heidelberg on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. Wolfgang Hampel and the Vita Magica team support needy cultural institutions with book sales of 'Satire is my favorite animal', donations and events. -------------------------------------------------- You can order one of the most humorous books of all time-----------------------. Satire is My Favorite Animal by Wolfgang Hampel:------------- national & international--------------------- USA , United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany Germany, Italy