![]() Karl Braunsteiner and Josef Brandstätter | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 27 October 1891 | ||
Date of death | 19 April 1916 | (aged 24)||
Place of death | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Wiener SC | |||
International career | |||
Austria | 8 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Karl Braunsteiner (27 October 1891 – 19 April 1916) was an Austrian football (soccer) player. [1]
Regarded as one of the biggest talents of his era, the small defender played for Wiener Sportclub.
During World War I he came to Poland as a gunner. He was captured and died in Tashkent due to typhoid fever as a prisoner of war. [2]
Braunsteiner was a member of the Austrian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics and played two matches in the main tournament as well as three matches in the consolation tournament. [3] [4]
For the Austria national football team he played 8 games.
![]() Karl Braunsteiner and Josef Brandstätter | |||
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Date of birth | 27 October 1891 | ||
Date of death | 19 April 1916 | (aged 24)||
Place of death | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Wiener SC | |||
International career | |||
Austria | 8 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Karl Braunsteiner (27 October 1891 – 19 April 1916) was an Austrian football (soccer) player. [1]
Regarded as one of the biggest talents of his era, the small defender played for Wiener Sportclub.
During World War I he came to Poland as a gunner. He was captured and died in Tashkent due to typhoid fever as a prisoner of war. [2]
Braunsteiner was a member of the Austrian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics and played two matches in the main tournament as well as three matches in the consolation tournament. [3] [4]
For the Austria national football team he played 8 games.