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Kurt Schmied

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Kurt Schmied
Personal information
Full name Kurt Schmied
Date of birth (1926-06-14)14 June 1926
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Date of death 9 December 2007(2007-12-09) (aged 81)
Place of death Vienna, Austria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1947 SC Helfort Wien
1947–1952 Wiener Sportclub
1952–1965 First Vienna
1965–1966 Austria Wien 8 (0)
International career
1954–1960 Austria 38 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Austria
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1954 Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kurt Schmied (14 June 1926 – 9 December 2007) was a goalkeeper for First Vienna FC and Austria national football team.

International career

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He made his debut for Austria in May 1954 against Wales. He represented Austria during the FIFA World Cup 1954 and again in 1958.[2] 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[1] 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

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Sources

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  • ^ Andrzej Gowarzewski "FUJI Football Encyclopedia - World Cup FIFA*part I*Biographical notes - Heroes of Mundials" ; GiA Katowice 1993

References

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  1. ^ "Kurt Schmied". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  2. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA