- Born
- Died
- Nicknames
- Der Windhund des Weltmeisters
- Louis, der Schlaksige
- Horst Eckel was born on February 8, 1932 in Vogelbach, Bruchmühlbach-Miesau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. He was married to Hannelore Eckel. He died on December 3, 2021 in Vogelbach, Bruchmühlbach-Miesau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- SpouseHannelore Eckel(November 25, 1957 - December 3, 2021) (his death, 2 children)
- Member of the winning West German team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup.
- Adviser of director Sönke Wortmann during the shooting of The Miracle of Bern (2003).
- His father was a railway official from Bruchmühlbach and his mother a housewife from Vogelbach.
- Has two daughters.
- Through "second chance education", he trained for two years as a subject teacher for crafts, arts and physical education at the university of Trier and worked as a teacher at several schools.
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