Horst Haecks

Horst Haecks (12 August 1936 – 21 July 2010) was a German professional footballer who played as a forward for FC St. Pauli.[1]

Horst Haecks
Personal information
Date of birth (1936-08-12)12 August 1936
Place of birth Hamburg, Germany
Date of death 21 July 2010(2010-07-21) (aged 73)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1967 FC St. Pauli
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Haecks was forced to retire from professional playing at the age of 30 after persistent knee problems during the 1966–67 season.[2] He scored 161 goals in 265 official matches for FC St. Pauli.[2]

In July 1969, three years after his retirement, he made his comeback for the FC St. Pauli reserve team when it famously beat the club's first team in the NFV-Pokal, Lower Saxony's regional qualification for the DFB-Pokal.[3][4][5]

Death

Haecks died on 21 July 2010, aged 73.[2]

References

  1. Horst Haecks at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Ehemaliger St.-Pauli-Stürmer Horst Haecks ist verstorben". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 22 July 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. Galczynski, Ronny (30 July 2009). "Als St. Paulis Amateure im Pokal die Profis düpierten". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. "Pokal-Geschichte: St. Pauli besiegt St. Pauli". NDR (in German). 25 July 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. Wetzner, Uwe (15 October 2013). "25. Juli 1969: Ein „Schwarzer Freitag" am Millerntor". FussiFreunde Hamburg (in German). Retrieved 31 January 2022.


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