Karl Zankl

Austrian footballer

Karl Zankl (died 3 October 1945) was an Austrian football player. Through his initiative the Austrian Football Association (German: Österreichischer Fußball-Bund, ÖFB) was rebuilt, even though it was during World War II.

Life

Zankl was able celebrate great successes as an active football player. He played for Vienna Cricket and Football-Club, PSV Team Vienna and the Wiener Sport-Club, with which he won in 1922, as a midfielder, the Austrian Championship. Also during the Austrian Cup victory in 1923, Zankl played in the team that defeated the SC Wacker Vienna in the final 3:1.[1]

Karl Zankl, who was police captain as profession,[2] also became known for his commitment to Austria during the Second World War. He was also active in a resistance group and tried to rebuild the Austrian Football Association (ÖFB) before the end of the war.

Zankl also took care of the establishment of an Austria national football team, which he supervised after the war as the first team manager.[3] Zankl was as provisional president of the Vienna Football Association,[2] on whose founding he had played an instrumental part and was also responsible for the organization of the Championship and Cup.

For some time he also coached abroad, Italian side Venezia F.C. and Yugoslav club ND Ilirija Ljubljana.[4] In 1926, trying to reinforce their team, Ilirija brought Karl Zankl to be a player-coach of the team, but his stay was short.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Oostenrijk » ÖFB-Cup 1922/1923 » Finale » Wiener Sport-Club - Wacker Wien 3:1" (in Dutch). Voetbal. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  2. ^ a b "Geschichte des Wiener Fussball-Verbandes" (in German). Wiener Fußball-Verband. Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  3. ^ "ÖFB-Team zuletzt bei Teamchef-Debüts stark" (in German). Kurier. 2011-12-05. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  4. ^ "Die Legionäre". 2. Auflage: österreichische Fußballer in aller Welt by David Forster, Bernhard Hachleitner, Robert Hummer and Robert Franta, page 323 (in German)
  5. ^ Popoteh zeleno-bele stare dame iz Zgornje Šiške at snportal.si, 21-12-2014, retrieved 22-1-2017 (in Slovene)
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