Erich Juskowiak (7 September 1926 – 1 July 1983) was a German footballer who played as a left-back.

He served in World War II where he got injured several times and even survived a shot in the head.

[2] Juskowiak's hopes of making the 1954 West Germany World Cup squad however did not materialize, as it took three years - now together with Toni Turek, the "football god" and world champion of 1954, playing for Fortuna Düsseldorf[3][4] - before he played again for West Germany (December 1954).

Based on his performances in 1958 and 1959, Kicker (sports magazine) rated him world class in their biennial Rangliste des deutschen Fußballs (ranking list of German football).

A year earlier, in April 1982 he had traveled to Gothenburg to make up with Kurt Hamrin.