# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/horst-eckel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:08:37.731Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/horst-eckel"
name: "Horst Eckel"
slug: "horst-eckel"
description: "Horst Eckel was a German footballer who played as a wing-half. He was part of the West Germany national team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He was the last surviving player of the 1954 World Cup Final."
tagline: "German association football player (1932–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Horst_Eckel_Obers%C3%BClzen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1932-02-08"
deathDate: "2021-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           22.175408
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump