Jakob Eckert | |
Birth Date: | 18 October 1916 |
Birth Place: | Monsheim, Germany |
Death Place: | Villers-Carbonnel, France |
Position: | Forward |
Clubs1: | Wormatia Worms |
Nationalyears1: | 1937 |
Nationalteam1: | Germany |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
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]