Toni Linhart

Toni Linhart

Personal information
Full name	Anton Hans Jörg Linhart
Date of birth	(1942-07-24)24 July 1942
Place of birth	Donawitz, Austria
Date of death	12 May 2013(2013-05-12) (aged 70)
Place of death	Timonium, Maryland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1970	Wiener Sportclub	195	(7)
1970–1972	First Vienna FC	44	(0)
1973–1974	Badener AC
International career
1963–1969	Austria	6	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Toni Linhart

Date of birth	(1942-07-24)24 July 1942
Place of birth	Donawitz, Austria
Date of death	12 May 2013(2013-05-12) (aged 70)
Place of death	Timonium, Maryland
Career information
Position(s)	Kicker
Career history
As player
1972	New Orleans Saints
1974–1979	Baltimore Colts
1979	New York Jets
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowls	1976, 1977
Awards	PFW Golden Toe Award (1976)
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Anton Hans Jörg Linhart (24 July 1942 – 12 May 2013) was an Austrian football player who later started a successful career in American football in the U.S..

Career

Linhart was born in Donawitz, Austria. He played association football for Wiener Sportclub in the Austrian Bundesliga and also for the Austria national football team.

In 1972 he moved to the US and joined the New Orleans Saints in the National Football League as a placekicker. He spent most of his NFL career with the Baltimore Colts. Linhart was voted into the Pro Bowl twice, and was the NFL's leading scorer in 1976. Toni Linhart is one of only three Austrians who have played in the NFL, the other two being Ray Wersching and Toni Fritsch, also placekickers in the 1970s.

On 12 May 2013, Toni Linhart died in Timonium, Maryland, aged 70.

External links

• Toni Linhart at National-Football-Teams.com
• Toni Linhart at WorldFootball.net