Anton Turek (18 January 1919 – 11 May 1984) was a German footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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| 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) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | 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) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1950–1954 | West Germany | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Career
editBorn in Duisburg, Turek started his career at Duisburger Sportverein, but he soon moved 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 transferred 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
editTurek died in Neuss in 1984.[4] He had been paralyzed from the waist down since August 1973.[6]
Legacy
editHe has received numerous honours and is still highly regarded in Germany, especially in the Rhineland.[7]
References
edit- ^ Bitter, Jürgen. Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler, Sportverlag, 1997, p. 503.
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias (28 July 2016). "Anton 'Toni' Turek - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ Werner Raupp, Toni Turek – „Fußballgott“, 2019 (see below, Further Reading), p. 107–114.
- ^ a b "Viel Glück habe ich nicht gehabt" (in German). web.ard.de. Archived from the original on 24 December 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
- ^ "Video clip on YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021.
- ^ Bitter, Jürgen. Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler, Sportverlag, 1997, p. 504.
- ^ Werner Raupp, Toni Turek – „Fußballgott“ (see below, Further Reading), p. 171–176, 183 f.
Further reading
editWerner Raupp: Toni Turek - "Fußballgott". Eine Biographie, Hildesheim: Arete Verlag 2019 (2018) (ISBN 978-3-96423-008-9).
External links
edit- https://www.Toni-Turek.info (Toni-Turek-Archiv, Private archiv of Werner Raupp, Hohenstein/Schwäb. Alb).
- Toni Turek at National-Football-Teams.com
- Toni Turek at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Toni Turek at WorldFootball.net