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Toni Turek

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Toni Turek
Personal details
Born (1919-01-18)18 January 1919
Duisburg, Germany
Died 11 May 1984(1984-05-11) (aged 65)
Neuss, West Germany
Denkmal Toni Turek

Bronze statue by Toni Turek next to the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf-Stockum.

Anton Turek (18 January 1919 – 11 May 1984) was a German who played as a goalkeeper.

Career[]

Born in Duisburg, Turek started his career at Duisburger Sportverein, but he soon switched to TuS Duisburg 48/99. He first came to the attention of later West Germany national team coach Sepp Herberger was on 27 September 1936, when West 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 did not turn out worse for him as a shell splinter struck through his helmet.[1]

In 1950 Turek switched to Fortuna Düsseldorf. Between 1950 and 1954 he played 20 games for the West Germany national team.[2] He played in "The Miracle of Bern" 1954 FIFA World Cup final against Hungary and won the Championship.[3]

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".[4][5] He later had to apologize for that comment because the church complained about the comparison of a football player with God.

Death[]

Turek died in Neuss in 1984.[4] He had been paralyzed from the waist down since August 1973.[6]

Legacy[]

He has received numerous honours and is still highly regarded in Germany, especially in the Rhineland.[7]

References[]

  1. ↑ Bitter, Jürgen. Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler, Sportverlag, 1997, p. 503.
  2. ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (28 July 2016). "Anton 'Toni' Turek - International Appearances". RSSSF. http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/tturek-intl.html. Retrieved 2 August 2016. 
  3. ↑ Werner Raupp, Toni Turek – „Fußballgott“, 2019 (see below, Further Reading), p. 107-114.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Viel Glück habe ich nicht gehabt" (in German). web.ard.de. Archived from the original on 24 December 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091224212149/http://web.ard.de/special/helden1954/pages/2445.php?ch=3. Retrieved 30 June 2009. 
  5. ↑ "Video clip on YouTube". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmo6o0NU2iU. 
  6. ↑ Bitter, Jürgen. Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler, Sportverlag, 1997, p. 504.
  7. ↑ Werner Raupp, Toni Turek – „Fußballgott“ (see below, Further Reading), p. 171-176, 183 f.

Further reading[]

Werner Raupp: Toni Turek - "Fußballgott". Eine Biographie, Hildesheim: Arete Verlag 2019 (2018) (ISBN 978-3-96423-008-9).

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