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Jakob Eckert

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Jakob Eckert
Personal information
Date of birth (1916-10-18)18 October 1916
Place of birth Monsheim, Germany
Date of death 5 June 1940(1940-06-05) (aged 23)
Place of death Villers-Carbonnel, France
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Wormatia Worms
International career
1937 Germany 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jakob Eckert (18 October 1916 – 5 June 1940) was a German international footballer.[1] He was part of Germany's squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[2]

Personal life

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A Gefreiter in the German army, Eckert served in World War II, and died on 5 June 1940 in Villers-Carbonnel, France at the age of 23.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Kicker Fußball-Almanach 2011: Mit aktuellem Bundesliga-Spieler-ABC. Stiebner Verlag GmbH. August 2010. pp. 115–. ISBN 978-3-7679-0914-4. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Jakob Eckert". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Jakob Eckert". German War Graves Commission (in German). Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.