Franz Swoboda

For the Austrian Olympic gymnast, see Franz Swoboda (gymnast).

Franz Swoboda
Personal information
Date of birth (1933-02-15)15 February 1933
Place of birth Austria
Date of death 27 July 2017(2017-07-27) (aged 84)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1961 FK Austria Wien 398 (27)
International career
1955–1960 Austria 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Austria national football team in 1958 with the following players – from left to right, standing; Walter Horak, Ernst Happel, Karl Koller, Alfred Körner, Paul Halla, Walter Schleger; crouched: Helmut Senekowitsch, Gerhard Hanappi, Rudolf Szanwald, Franz Swoboda and Johann Buzek.

Franz Swoboda (15 February, 1933 – 27 July, 2017[1][2]) was an Austrian football defender who played for the Austria in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.[3] He also played for the FK Austria Wien.

  1. ^ "ÖFB trauert um Franz Swoboda". oefb.at (in German). 3 August 2017. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Wir trauern um Franz Swoboda". FK Austria Wien (in German). Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Copa do Mundo da FIFA Suécia 1958". FIFA. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)