Toni Turek
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anton Turek | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1919 | ||
| Place of birth | Duisburg, Germany | ||
| Date of death | 11 May 1984 (aged 65) | ||
| Place of death | Neuss, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1929–1936 | Duisburger SV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1936–1941 | TuS Duisburg 48/99 | ||
| 1941–1943 | TSG Ulm 1846 | ||
| 1943–1946 | TuS Duisburg 48/99 | ||
| 1946–1947 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 22 | (0) |
| 1947–1950 | TSG Ulm 1846 | 65 | (0) |
| 1950–1956 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 133 | (0) |
| 1956–1957 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 4 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1950–1954 | West Germany | 20 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Toni Turek, real name Anton Turek, (18 January 1919 – 11 May 1984) was a German football goalkeeper.
Biography
Turek was born in Duisburg.
He started his career at Duisburger Sportverein, but he soon switched to TuS Duisburg 48/99. In 1950 he switched to Fortuna Düsseldorf. Between 1950 and 1954 he played 20 games for the German national team.[1] He played in "The Miracle of Bern" 1954 FIFA World Cup final against Hungary and won the Championship.
After a fine save from a very close shot by Nándor Hidegkuti, he was described by the sports reporter Herbert Zimmermann with the words "Toni, you're a football God".[2][3] He later had to apologize for that comment because the church complained about the comparison of a football player with God.
The first time his later coach Sepp Herberger had noticed Toni Turek was on 27 September 1936, when Germany played a preparation game against Luxembourg in Krefeld. Before that game, the youth teams of Krefeld and TuS Duisburg 48/99 had met with the 17-year-old Turek standing in the Duisburg goal. During World War II Turek was lucky things didn't turn out worse for him as a shell splinter struck through his helmet.[4]
Turek died in Neuss in 1984.[2] He had been paralyzed from the waist down since August 1973.[5]
References
- ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (28 July 2016). "Anton 'Toni' Turek - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Viel Glück habe ich nicht gehabt" (in German). web.ard.de. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ↑ "Video clip on YouTube".
- ↑ Bitter, Jürgen. Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler, Sportverlag, 1997, p. 503.
- ↑ Bitter, Jürgen. Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler, Sportverlag, 1997, p. 504.
External links
- Toni Turek at National-Football-Teams.com
- Toni Turek profile at Fussballdaten
- Toni Turek at weltfussball.de (German)
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