Léon Jeck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Belgian association football player
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Place of Birth: Ans, Wallonia, Belgium
About Léon Jeck
- Léon Jeck (8 February 1947 – 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.
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