Karl_Braunsteiner

Karl Braunsteiner

Karl Braunsteiner

Austrian footballer

Karl Braunsteiner (27 October 1891 – 19 April 1916) was an Austrian football (soccer) player.[1]

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Club career

Regarded as one of the biggest talents of his era, the small defender played for Wiener Sportclub.

During World War I he came to Poland as a gunner. He was captured and died in Tashkent due to typhoid fever as a prisoner of war.[2]

International career

Braunsteiner was a member of the Austrian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics and played two matches in the main tournament as well as three matches in the consolation tournament.[3][4]

For the Austria national football team he played 8 games.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Karl Braunsteiner". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. [3]
    Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
  4. [4]
    "Karl Braunsteiner". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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