Gerhard Hanappi

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Gerhard Hanappi
Personal information
Full name	Gerhard Hanappi
Date of birth	February 16, 1929(1929-02-16)
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death	August 23, 1980 (aged 51)
Place of death	Vienna, Austria
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	deceased
Youth clubs
1942-1947	SC Wacker Wien
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1947-1950 1950-1965	SC Wacker Wien Rapid Wien	333 (114)
National team2
1948-1962	Austria	93 (12)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 July 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 5 July 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Gerhard Hanappi (born February 16, 1929 – died August 23, 1980) is one of Austrian football's most famous sons.

[edit] Club career

A versatile midfielder, Hanappi started his career at SC Wacker Wien, where he made his Bundesliga debut in 1947. Deemed as Austria's biggest football talent, he then controversially moved to play for big city rivals Rapid Vienna from 1950 till 1965. His time at Rapid proved to be very successful, winning the Austrian Championship title 7 times. He also captained the side for seven years and was chosen in Rapid's Team of the Century in 1999.

[edit] International career

He made his debut for Austria at only 19 years of age in November 1948 against Sweden and was a participant at the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland, where they reached 3rd place, and at the 1958 World Cup. He captained the national team from 1955 on.

His last international was a September 1962 match against Czechoslovakia. He earned 93 caps, scoring 12 goals.^[1] He has held the national team appearances record until Anton Polster earned his 94th cap in June 1998.

[edit] Retirement and death

After his football career Hanappi worked as an architect. He planned the Weststadion in Vienna, which was renamed to Gerhard Hanappi Stadium after his death. He died of cancer in 1980, aged 51.

[edit] Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (7):
  • 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1964
• Austrian Cup (1):
  • 1961
• Zentropa Cup (1):
  • 1951

[edit] External links

• Player profile and stats - Rapid Wien Archive
• Career stats - National Football Teams

[edit] References

v • d • e Austria squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup Third Place 1 Schmied • 2 Hanappi • 3 Happel • 4 Barschandt • 5 Ocwirk • 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 • d • e Austria squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup 1 Szanwald • 2 Halla • 3 Happel • 4 Swoboda • 5 Hanappi • 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

Awards
Preceded by Rupert Hollaus	Austrian Sportsman of the Year 1955	Succeeded by Toni Sailer

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