Kurt Schmied
Kurt Schmied| Personal information |
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| Full name | Kurt Schmied |
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| Date of birth | (1926-06-14)14 June 1926 |
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| Place of birth | Vienna, Austria |
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| Date of death | 9 December 2007(2007-12-09) (aged 81) |
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| Place of death | Vienna, Austria |
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| Playing position | Goalkeeper |
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| Senior career* |
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| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
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| 1946–1947 | SC Helfort Wien | | |
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| 1947–1952 | Wiener Sportclub | | |
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| 1952–1965 | First Vienna | | |
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| 1965–1966 | Austria Wien | 8 | (0) |
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| National team |
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| 1954–1960 | Austria | 38 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
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Kurt Schmied (14 June 1926 – 9 December 2007) was a goalkeeper for First Vienna FC and Austria national football team.
International career
He made his debut for Austria in May 1954 against Wales. He represented Austria during the FIFA World Cup 1954 and again in 1958.[1] He was a hero of the quarter-final game versus Switzerland in the 1954 finals where he played on despite suffering from a debilitating heatstroke in a game that is often remembered as the Hitzeschlacht von Lausanne, or Heat Battle of Lausanne, and remains notable for being the game with the most goals scored in World Cup final history (Austria won the game, 7-5). He earned 38 caps, no goals scored.
He died in Vienna in December 2007.
Honours
External links
Sources
- ^ Andrzej Gowarzewski "FUJI Football Encyclopedia - World Cup FIFA*part I*Biographical notes - Heroes of Mundials" ; GiA Katowice 1993
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