Horst Eckel

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Horst Eckel
Personal information
Full name	Horst Eckel
Date of birth	8 February 1932 (1932-02-08) (age 77)
Place of birth	Vogelbach, Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	SC Vogelbach
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1960–1966	1. FC Kaiserslautern SV Röchling Völklingen
National team
1952–1958	West Germany	32 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Horst Eckel (born 8 February 1932) is a former German football (soccer) player.

He was part of the West German team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. In total he earned 32 caps. During his club career he played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern and SV Röchling Völklingen. Because of his rapid way of playing, he got the nickname Windhund (sighthound).

After his career, he retrained from toolmaker to teacher, a profession he practised until his retirement.

He was an advisor for Sönke Wortmann's movie about the 1954 FIFA World Cup, The Miracle of Bern.

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v • d • e West Germany squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup Winners (1st Title) 1 Turek • 2 Laband • 3 Kohlmeyer • 4 Bauer • 5 Erhardt • 6 Eckel • 7 Posipal • 8 Mai • 9 Mebus • 10 Liebrich • 11 Metzner • 12 Rahn • 13 Morlock • 14 Klodt • 15 O. Walter • 16 F. Walter • 17 Herrmann • 18 Biesinger • 19 Pfaff • 20 Schäfer • 21 Kubsch • 22 Kwiatkowski • Coach: Herberger

v • d • e West Germany squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Herkenrath • 2 Erhardt • 3 Juskowiak • 4 Eckel • 5 Wewers • 6 Szymaniak • 7 Stollenwerk • 8 Rahn • 9 Walter • 10 Schmidt • 11 Schäfer • 12 Seeler • 13 Klodt • 14 Cieslarczyk • 15 Kelbassa • 16 Sturm • 17 Schnellinger • 18 Hoffmann • 19 Peters • 20 Nuber • 21 Sawitzki • 22 Kwiatkowski • Coach: Herberger