Franz Hansl

Franz Hansl (23 October 1897 – 13 August 1942) was an Austrian footballer.

Franz Hansl

Personal information
Date of birth	(1897-10-23)23 October 1897
Place of birth	Troppau (Austria-Hungary)
Date of death	13 August 1942(1942-08-13) (aged 44)
Place of death	Arezzo (Italy)
Position(s)	striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
-1924	Wiener Amateur SV
1924-1926	Wiener AC
1926-1927	Forlì FC
National team
1919–1922	Austria	4	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

He started playing football with DSV Troppau. Because there was no league matches during the First World War he went to Wiener Amateur SV. He soon became top scorer of the club. In 1921 the team became winner of the Austrian Cup, Hansl scored the first goal. This was the first title for Wiener Amateur SV. 1923-24 he became Champion. For being only supplementary player in this season he went to the just promoted Wiener AC.

In 1926 Hansl went to Italy where he played for FC Forlì. There he was player-coach, later coach. In Italy he was also coach of AC Torino, US Alessandria Calcio, AS Livorno, US Salernitana , US Grosseto, Cosenza Calcio, US Lecce and SS Arezzo.

Honours

• 1 × Austrian Champion: 1924
• 1 × Austrian Cup: 1921
• Coach of the Austrian national football team for the WM 1934: Semifinals (coach)
• 4 matches and 3 goals for the Austrian national football team (1919 - 1922)

Other websites

• Profile on wetfussball.de (in German)