Erich Probst

Erich Probst

Personal information
Full name	Erich Probst
Date of birth	(1927-12-05)5 December 1927
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death	16 March 1988(1988-03-16) (aged 60)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945–1949	Admira Wien	81	(89)
1950	First Vienna	3	(3)
1950–1956	Rapid Wien	112	(107)
1956–1958	Wuppertal	50	(43)
1958–1959	Zürich	11	(6)
1959–1960	Austria Salzburg	9	(8)
1960–1962	ASK Salzburg	39	(37)
1962–1963	First Vienna	5	(6)
Total		310	(299)
National team
1951–1960	Austria	19	(17)
Honours Representing  Austria FIFA World Cup 1954 Switzerland
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Erich Probst (5 December 1927 – 16 March 1988) was an Austrian footballer who played as a striker.

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 ^[1] 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.^[2] 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
• Erich Probst at National-Football-Teams.com

References[]

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