Gerhard Hanappi

Gerhard Hanappi
Hanappi in 1953
Personal information
Full name Gerhard Hanappi
Date of birth (1929-02-16)16 February 1929
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Date of death 23 August 1980(1980-08-23) (aged 51)
Place of death Vienna, Austria
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1942–1947 SC Wacker Wien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1950 SC Wacker Wien 72 (16)
1950–1965 Rapid Wien 333 (114)
Total 405 (130)
International career
1948–1962 Austria 93 (12)
Medal record
Representing  Austria
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1954 Switzerland
*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.

Gerhard Hanappi (16 February 1929 – 23 August 1980) was an Austrian football midfielder who is often regarded as one of the greatest Austrian footballers. He is also the father of political economist Hardy Hanappi.

  1. ^ In die Jahre gekommen, Legendäre Momente im Hanappi-Stadion, orf.at, 2014-06-06