He started his career at Duisburger Sportverein, but he soon switched to TuS Duisburg 48/99. In 1950 he switched to Fortuna Düsseldorf. Between 1950 and 1954 he played 20 games for the German national team
After a fine save from a very close shot by Nándor Hidegkuti, he was described by the sports reporter Herbert Zimmermann with the words "Toni, you"re a football God".
He later had to apologize for that comment because the church complained about the comparison of a football player with God. The first time his later coach Sepp Herberger had noticed Toni Turek was on 27 September 1936, when Germany played a preparation game against Luxembourg in Krefeld.
Before that game, the youth teams of Krefeld and TuS Duisburg 48/99 had met with the 17-year-old Turek standing in the Duisburg goal. During World World War II Turek was lucky things didn"t turn out worse for him as a shell splinter struck through his helmet.
Turek died in Neuss in 1984.
He had been paralyzed from the waist down since August 1973.