Walter Zeman

Walter Zeman (1 May 1927 - 8 August 1991) was an Austrian football goalkeeper and an integral part of the second Austrian Wunderteam of the 1950s.

Zeman began his youth career at local club SV Wienerberger, but he soon moved on to FC Vienna. In 1945 Zeman joined Rapid Vienna and also won his first cap for the Austria national football team. With Rapid Zeman won 8 Austrian league championships and one Austrian cup.

For the national side Zeman competed at the 1954 FIFA World Cup in which Austria progressed to the semi-finals before being defeated by West Germany. In total Zeman won 41 caps for Austria, and is often regarded as Austria's second greatest keeper after Rudi Hiden.

External links

Walter Zeman – FIFA competition record
Profile at Rapidarchiv.at

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

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