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Egon Loy, Eintracht Frankfurt’s Title-Winning Goalkeeper, Dies at 95

His career anchored the club’s golden era including its only league title.

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.