) Karl Braunsteiner and Josef Brandstätter | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 October 1891 | ||
| Date of death | 19 April 1916 (aged 24) | ||
| Place of death | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Wiener SC | |||
| National team | |||
| Austria | 8 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Karl Braunsteiner (27 October 1891 – 19 April 1916) was an Austrian football (soccer) player.
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.[1]
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.[2][3]
For the Austrian national team he played 8 games.
See also
- List of Olympians killed in World War I
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
- ^ "Karl Braunsteiner". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
External links
- WSC profile (in German)