Great horror for Horst Eckel: The last living soccer world champion from 1954 suffered serious injuries when he fell at home.
His daughter Dagmar confirmed this SID on Monday a report from SWR, according to which the 88-year-old is in the hospital in Homburg with several broken ribs, a nasal and maxillary sinus fracture and a concussion. Eckel is doing well given the circumstances.
“He’s not in severe pain. But the doctors said it could have turned out very differently,” said Dagmar Eckel SID. Her father, who fell on December 22nd, will be referred to the geriatrics department on Wednesday to begin rehabilitation. “Bringing him home on Christmas Eve was too dangerous for me,” she said.
Horst Eckel, the last remaining “Hero of Bern”, is already walking around the hospital again. He and the staff had watched the film “The Miracle of Bern” and wanted to be discharged. “But to fall again would be very bad,” said Dagmar Eckel: “You have to protect him. He takes everything a little too lightly.” At no moment was life in danger.
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