Johann Kaps

Austrian association football player (1895-1966)

Johann Kaps (25 September 1895 - 7 April 1966 ) was an Austrian football player . He played for Wiener AC and was part of the team which won the first title for WAC.

Johann Kaps
Personal information
Date of birth (1895-09-25)25 September 1895
Place of birth Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 7 April 1966(1966-04-07) (aged 70)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Wiener AC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He also was a politician. In 1934 Kaps was arrested for political activity for the Social Democrats. He was interned in the Wöllersdorf detention camp [1] for several months, where his teeth were also broken. From 1945 to 1964 he was member of the Vienna City Council.[2]

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