Paul Halla

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Paul Halla
Personal information
Full name	Paul Halla
Date of birth	(1931-04-10)10 April 1931
Place of birth	Graz, Austria
Date of death	6 December 2005(2005-12-06) (aged 74)
Place of death	Vienna, Austria
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1950–1951	Sturm Graz
1951–1953	Grazer AK
1953–1965	Rapid Wien	289	(39)
1965–1967	Helfort
National team
1952–1965	Austria	34	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Paul Halla (10 April 1931 – 6 December 2005) was an Austrian footballer.

Club career

He played for SK Sturm Graz, Grazer AK and SK Rapid Wien (1953-1965). He skippered Rapid in his final season there.

He earned 34 caps and scored 2 goals for the Austria national football team from 1954 to 1965, and participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

He died in a Vienna hospital in December 2005 after stomach surgery.^[1]

v t e Austria squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup Third Place

1 Schmied 2 Hanappi 3 Happel 4 Barschandt 5 Ocwirk (c) 6 Koller 7 R. Körner 8 Schleger 9 Wagner 10 Probst 11 A. Körner 12 Stotz 13 Kollmann 14 Giesser 15 Pelikan 16 Zeman 17 Teinitzer 18 Riegler 19 Dienst 20 Halla 21 Stojaspal 22 Haummer Coach: Nausch

v t e Austria squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup

1 Szanwald 2 Halla 3 Happel 4 Swoboda 5 Hanappi (c) 6 Koller 7 Horak 8 P. Kozlicek 9 Buzek 10 Körner 11 Senekowitsch 12 Schmied 13 Schleger 14 Hamerl 15 Kollmann 16 Stotz 17 E. Kozlicek 18 Barschandt 19 Dienst 20 Ninaus 21 Puschnik 22 Engelmeier Coach: Argauer

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