Georg Braun

Austrian footballer (1907-1963)

Georg Braun (22 February 1907 – 22 September 1963) was an Austrian football forward and coach. He played mainly for Wiener AC. He also played for the Austrian national football team.

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
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1922–1923 Daunaustadt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1923–1925 SV Straßenbahn Wien
1925–1935 Wiener AC
1935 SC Wacker Wien
1935–1939 Stade Rennais 124 (6)
1939 LASK Linz
National team
1928–1935 Austria 13 (1)
Teams managed
1946–1952 LASK Linz
Öberösterreichischer Fußballverband
Ethiopia
1956–1957 SK VÖEST Linz
SV Grün-Weiß Micheldorf
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career change

He began his career as a striker at Donaustadt . Then he went to the second division team SV Strassenbahn in 1923. 1925 he went to WAC and played 10 years for this team. With the club he reached the 1931 Mitropa Cup Final. They lost the match versus First Vienna. He won one league title with WAC and was thre times (1928, 1932, 1935) in the Cup final. From 1935 till 1939 he played for Stades Rennais in France. After coming back he was playing manager of LASK.

International career change

He debuted on 6 May 1928 in a away match versus Hungary. Braun was part of Austria national football team at the 1934 FIFA World Cup.[1] He earned 13 caps, scoring one goal. Overall he played 13 international matches for Austria from 1928 to 1935. He was also called up 25 times for the Vienna and Lower Austrian teams.

Manager career change

During World War II he was soldier and was taken prisoner by the Soviets. After his return from the Soviet Union 1946 he worked until 1952 as a coach at the Linzer ASK and finally became the Upper Austrian association coach. He was then in charge of the Ethiopian national team as team manager before taking up coaching at the regional league club SK VOEST Linz in 1956. Finally he managed SV Micheldorf in Upper Austria.


Honours change

References change

  1. "FIFA.com - FIFA Player Statistics: Georg BRAUN". web.archive.org. 2011-08-16. Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  • 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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