Erich Probst

Erich Probst

Personal information
Full name	Erich Probst
Date of birth	5 December 1927(1927-12-05)
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death	16 March 1988(1988-03-16) (aged 60)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1945–1949	Admira Wien
1950	First Vienna
1950–1956	Rapid Wien	112	(107)
1956–1958	Wuppertal
1958–1959	Zürich
1959–1960	Austria Salzburg
1961	ASK Salzburg
1962–1963	First Vienna
National team
1951–1960	Austria	19	(17)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Erich Probst (5 December 1927 – 16 March 1988) was an Austrian footballer.

International career

Probst made his debut for Austria in a May 1951 friendly match against Scotland and was a participant at the 1954 FIFA World Cup tournament 1954 in Switzerland, where he was one of the foremost strikers. Austria reached third place and Probst ended second in the scorer list with six goals, behind the Hungarian Sandor Kocsis and jointly with Max Morlock of Germany and the Swiss Josef Hügi.

Probst earned 19 caps, scoring 17 goals. His final international was a March 1960 European Championship qualification match against France.

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (4):
  • 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956
• Zentropa Cup (1):
  • 1951

External links

• Rapid stats - Rapid Archive
• Career stats - National Football Teams