Toni Turek

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Toni Turek
Full name	Anton Turek
Date of birth	January 18, 1919(1919-01-18)
Place of birth	Duisburg, Germany
Date of death	May 11, 1984 (aged 65)
Place of death	Neuss, Germany
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth clubs
1929-1936	Duisburger SV
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1936-1941 1941-1943 1943-1946 1946-1947 1947-1950 1950-1956 1956-1957	TuS Duisburg 48/99 TSG Ulm 1846 TuS Duisburg 48/99 Eintracht Frankfurt TSG Ulm 1846 Fortuna Düsseldorf Borussia Mönchengladbach	22 (0)
National team
1950-1954	Germany	020 (00)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Toni Turek, real name Anton Turek, (January 18, 1919 - May 11, 1984) was a German football goalkeeper.

[edit] 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. He played in "The Miracle of Bern" 1954 FIFA World Cup final against Hungary and won the Championship.

His achievements during this game were described by the sports reporter Herbert Zimmermann with the words "Toni, you're a football God". He later had to apologize for that comment because the church complained about the comparison of a football player with God.

Turek died in Neuss in 1984.

v • d • e West Germany squad - 1954 FIFA World Cup Winners (1st Title)

1 Turek • 2 Laband • 3 Kohlmeyer • 4 Bauer • 5 Erhardt • 6 Eckel • 7 Posipal • 8 Mai • 9 Mebus • 10 Liebrich • 11 Metzner • 12 Rahn • 13 Morlock • 14 Klodt • 15 O. Walter • 16 F. Walter • 17 Herrmann • 18 Biesinger • 19 Pfaff • 20 Schäfer • 21 Kubsch • 22 Kwiatkowski • Coach: Herberger