Erich Probst

Infobox Football biography
playername = Erich Probst


fullname = Erich Probst
height =
dateofbirth = birth date|1927|12|5
cityofbirth = Vienna
countryofbirth = Austria
dateofdeath = death date and age|1988|3|16|1927|12|5
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
currentclub = deceased
clubnumber =
position = striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1945-1949 1950 1950-1956 1956-1958 1958-1959 1959-1960 1961 1962-1963
clubs = SK Admira Wien First Vienna Rapid Wien Wuppertaler SV FC Zürich Austria Salzburg ASK Salzburg First Vienna
caps(goals) = 112 (107)
nationalyears = 1951-1960
nationalteam = fb|Austria
nationalcaps(goals) = 019 00(17)
manageryears =
managerclubs =
pcupdate = 14 August 2008
ntupdate = 14 August 2008

Erich Probst (* 5 December 1927 in Vienna - † 16 March 1988) was an Austrian footballer.

Playing career

* SK Admira Wien (bis 1949)
* First Vienna FC (1950)
* SK Rapid Wien (1950-1956)
* Wuppertaler SV (1956-1958)
* FC Zürich (1958/59)
* SV Austria Salzburg (1959/60)
* Salzburger AK 1914 (1961)
* First Vienna FC (1962-1963)

International career

He made his debut for Austria in a May 1951 friendly match against Scotland and was a participant at the World Cup tournament [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=56458/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA] 1954 in Switzerland, where he was one of the foremost strikers. Austria reached third place and Probst ended second in the scorer list with 6 goals, behind the Hungarian Sandor Kocsis and jointly with Max Morlock of Germany and the Swiss Josef Hügi.

He earned 19 caps, scoring 17 goals. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/oost-recintlp.html Goalscoring for Austrian National Team] - RSSSF] 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

* [http://rapidarchiv.at/spieler/probst_erich.html Rapid stats] - Rapid Archive
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=22909 Career stats] - National Football Teams

References