Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 18 October 1916 | ||
Place of birth | Monsheim, Germany | ||
Date of death | 5 June 1940 | (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]
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]