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Georg Braun (footballer)

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Georg Braun
Personal information
Date of birth (1907-02-22)22 February 1907
Place of birth Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 22 September 1963(1963-09-22) (aged 56)
Place of death Linz, Austria
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1922–1923 Daunaustadt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1923–1925 SV Straßenbahn Wien [de]
1925–1935 Wiener AC
1935 SC Wacker Wien
1935–1939 Rennes 124 (6)
1939 LASK
International career
1928–1935 Austria 13 (1)
Managerial career
1946–1952 LASK Linz
Öberösterreichischer Fußballverband
Ethiopia
1956–1957 SK VÖEST Linz
SV Grün-Weiß Micheldorf
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Georg Braun (22 February 1907 – 22 September 1963)[2] was an Austrian football player and coach who played the 1934 FIFA World Cup with Austria.[3]

Club career

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Born and raised in Vienna, in the vicinity of the Prater, Braun played 10 years for local side Wiener AC, with whom he reached the 1931 Mitropa Cup Final, which they lost to city rivals First Vienna. He once won the league title with WAC.

International career

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Nicknamed Schurl, Braun was part of Austria national team at the 1934 FIFA World Cup[4] and played the match for the third place.[5]

He earned 13 caps between 1928 and 1935, scoring one goal against Hungary on 2 October 1932[6]

Honours

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Wiener AC

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References

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  1. ^ Georg Braun at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Georg Braun". EU-Football. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  3. ^ "1934 FIFA World Cup Match for the Third Place". FIFA. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  4. ^ "1934 FIFA World Cup Austria's team". FIFA. Archived from the original on 21 September 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  5. ^ "1934 FIFA World Cup Match for the Third Place". FIFA. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Georg Braun". EU-Football. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  • Barreaud, Marc (1998). Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932-1997). L'Harmattan, Paris. ISBN 2-7384-6608-7.


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