Rudolf Strittich

Rudolf Strittich (3 March 1922 – 10 July 2010) was an Austrian football player and coach.

Rudolf Strittich

Personal information
Date of birth	(1922-03-22)22 March 1922
Place of birth	Steyr, Austria
Date of death	(2010-07-10)10 July 2010
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1936–1938	SK Vorwärts Steyr
1938–1942	NSTG Graslitz
1942-1943	First Vienna FC
	Hertha BSC
1945	SK Vorwärts Steyr
1946-1950	First Vienna FC
1950	US Triestina
1951	Unión Magdalena
1952-1953	First Vienna FC
1953-1955	RCFC Besançon
National team
1946-1949	Austria	4	(0)
Teams managed
1955	SK Sturm Graz
1956-1957	RCFC Besançon
1957	SV Stickstoff Linz
1957-1958	FC Basel
	Apollon Kalamarias
	SK Vorwärts Steyr
1961-1962	Esbjerg fB
1963	SK Vorwärts Steyr
1964	Viborg FF
1965-1967	Esbjerg fB
1967-1970	Aalborg BK
1970-1975	Denmark
1975-1976	Real Murcia
1976-1979	Esbjerg fB
1980	SV Austria Salzburg
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Strittich began his career at SK Vorwärts Steyr. He played in the first team at the age of 14. 1938/39 went to the German-Bohemian DFC Graslitz. He won the Gau Sudetenland championship in 1940. In 1942 he moved to First Vienna FC. During the war years, Strittich was also briefly active at Hertha BSC.

After the end of the war he played in Steyr. In the winter break he went back to First Vienna FC. The team reached the final of the ÖFB Cup in 1946. In 1950 his career in the Austrian league was abruptly interrupted He and Ernst Sabeditsch were convicted of smuggling raw opium after a Vienna tour of Egypt. They were banned by the ÖFB for a year. After two years abroad he returned to Vienna in 1952, Then he went to France and played for RCFC Besançon . After two seasons he ended his active career due to health reasons.

International

He played four matches for the Austrian national football team betwenn 1946 and 1949. He debuted on 6 October 1946 in a 2-0 loss versus Hungary. His last match was on 13 November 1949 in a 5-2 win versus Yugoslavia .

Manager

In 1955 he began his coaching career at SK Sturm Graz. Then he moved to France. He became coach at his former club RC Besançon. In the spring of 1957 he looked after SV Stickstoff Linz. His next stop abroad was FC Basel in Switzerland. Then he managed Apollon Kalamarias in Greece. After a stint at his parent club Vorwärts Steyr, he moved to Denmark at the beginning of 1961. There he spent the majority of his coaching career. He took over Esbjerg fB. He led the club to the first two championship titles. After a season in Steyr, he returned to Denmark to Viborg FF. Then heagain became coach of Esbjerg from 1965 to 1967. There he won his third championship title. After two years at Aalborg BK, Strittich was appointed coach of the Danish national football team in 1970. He coached the team until 1975. In the 1975/76 season he looked after the Spanish second division club Real Murcia. From 1976 to 1979 he coached Esbjerg again and won his fourth championship title. Strittich then returned to Austria and was briefly coach at Austria Salzburg in 1980.

Honours

as player:

• 1× Austrian champion: 1943
• 1× Gaumeister Sudetenland: 1940
• 1× Runner up Austrian Cup: 1946
• 4 matches for the Austrian national football team 1946 - 1949

as coach:

• 4× Danish champion: 1961, 1962, 1965, 1979