Gerhard Hanappi

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Gerhard Hanappi (February 16, 1929August 23, 1980) was an Austrian football player.

Hanappi was capped 93 times for the Austrian national team, where he reached the 3rd place at the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland. On the club level he played for Rapid Vienna from 1950 till 1965, winning the Austrian Championship title 7 times.

After his football career Hanappi worked as an architect. He planned the Weststadion in Vienna, which was renamed to Gerhard Hanappi Stadium after his death.He died in 1980 aged 51.

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