Overview
- Eintracht Frankfurt announced the death of Egon Loy at 95 and hailed him as a shaping figure in the club’s history.
- Over 13 seasons from 1954 to 1967, he made 349 appearances, stood in goal on the Bundesliga’s first matchday in 1963, and won the 1967 International Football Cup.
- He backstopped Eintracht to its only German championship in 1959.
- He started the 1960 European Cup final against Real Madrid at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
- Nicknamed the “Black Panther,” he favored black goalkeeper shirts and later donated a treasured black jersey to the club museum in 2007.