Josef Adelbrecht

Josef Adelbrecht
Personal information
Date of birth	10 January 1910
Date of death	1 October 1941 (aged 31)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1928–1934	First Vienna
1934–1935	RCF Paris
1935	Grasshopper Club Zürich
1936–1937	Austria Wien
1937–1938	Rapid Wien
1938	SC Austro Fiat Wien
1939	SC Red Star Wien
1941	Floridsdorfer AC
International career
1930–1933	Austria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Josef Adelbrecht (10 January 1910 – 1 October 1941) was an Austrian footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Adelbrecht started his career with First Vienna in 1928 with whom he won the Mitropa Cup in 1931. In 1934 he moved to play professionally in France only to return after two years to play for Austria Wien and Rapid Wien .

International career

He made his debut for Austria in June 1930 against Hungary and played two more internationals, scoring one goal.

World War II and death

Adelbrecht was drafted into the Wehrmacht in March 1940 and served in the 235th Infantry Regiment. He was killed in the German invasion of Russia at Ivashkovo, 100 km NW of Moscow. ^[1]

Honours

Austrian Football Bundesliga: 1931, 1933, 1938
Austrian Cup: 1929, 1930
Mitropa Cup: 1931

References

^ Bernhard Hachleitner, Matthias Marschik, Rudolf Müllner, Johann Skocek:A football club from Vienna. The FK Austria under National Socialism 1938-1945, Böhlau Verlag, Vienna-Cologne-Weimar 2019, pp. 278-279.

External links

Josef Adelbrecht at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile at Austria-Archiv.at (in German)
Profile at Rapidarchiv.at (in German)

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[1] Bernhard Hachleitner, Matthias Marschik, Rudolf Müllner, Johann Skocek:A football club from Vienna. The FK Austria under National Socialism 1938-1945, Böhlau Verlag, Vienna-Cologne-Weimar 2019, pp. 278-279.

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