- Toni Turek
Football player infobox
playername= Toni Turek
fullname = Anton Turek
height = height|m=1.81
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1919|1|18
cityofbirth =Duisburg
countryofbirth =Germany
dateofdeath = death date and age|1984|5|11|1919|1|18
cityofdeath =Neuss
countryofdeath =Germany
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears = 1929-1936
youthclubs = Duisburger SV
years = 1936-19411941-19431943-19461946-19471947-19501950-19561956-1957
clubs = TuS Duisburg 48/99TSG Ulm 1846TuS Duisburg 48/99Eintracht Frankfurt TSG Ulm 1846Fortuna Düsseldorf Borussia Mönchengladbach
caps(goals) = 22 (0)
nationalyears = 1950-1954
nationalteam = Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 020 (00)Toni Turek, real name Anton Turek, (
January 18 ,1919 -May 11 ,1984 ) was a German footballgoalkeeper .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.
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