A few months before his 90th birthday, Horst Eckel, the last living soccer world champion from 1954, is recovering from a hip operation.
"He survived it well, but of course we were all very worried," said his daughter Dagmar Eckel on Wednesday evening of the German press agency.
First the "Bild" reported about it.
Bühl - Eckel had broken his hip, and it was replaced by an artificial one four weeks ago.
He is currently in a rehab clinic in Bühl, Baden.
According to his daughter, it is unclear when he can be released: “He's walking again, about ten to fifteen minutes a day.
But he still needs a little. "
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Eckel was the youngest player on the team at the “Miracle of Bern” when captain Fritz Walter's team defeated the top favorites Hungary in the 1954 World Cup final.
The former professional of 1. FC Kaiserslautern lives in the Palatinate village of Vogelbach.
Last year he was in the spotlight again on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Fritz Walter, who died in 2002 and was his good friend.
dpa