Erich Probst

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

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	Wuppertaler SV	50	(43)
1958–1959	FC Zürich	11	(6)
1959–1960	Austria Salzburg	9	(8)
1960–1962	ASK Salzburg	39	(37)
1962–1963	First Vienna	5	(6)
Total		310	(299)
International career
1951–1960	Austria	19	(18)
Medal record Representing Austria FIFA World Cup 1954 Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 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 18 goals. 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

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 September 1953	Vienna, Austria	Portugal	2–0	9–1	1954 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.				3–0
3.				4–0
4.				5–0
5.				7–1
6.	30 May 1954		Norway	3–0	5–0	Friendly
7.				4–0
8.	16 June 1954	Zürich, Switzerland	Scotland	1–0	1–0	1954 FIFA World Cup
9.	19 June 1954		Czechoslovakia	2–0	5–0
10.				3–0
11.				4–0
12.	26 June 1954	Lausanne, Switzerland	Switzerland	7–5	7–5
13.	30 June 1954	Basel, Switzerland	West Germany	1–2	1–6
14.	27 March 1955	Brno, Czechslovakia	Czechoslovakia	1–2	2–3	1955–60 Central European International Cup
15.	24 April 1955	Vienna, Austria	Hungary	1–1	2–2
16.				2–2
17.	1 May 1955	Bern, Switzerland	Switzerland	3–2	3–2
18.	27 March 1960	Vienna, Austria	France	2–2	2–4	1960 European Nations' Cup quarter-finals

External links

• Rapid stats - Rapid Archive
• Erich Probst at National-Football-Teams.com