Franz Fuchsberger (28 September 1910 – 1992) was an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

International career

He was part of the Austria team, which won the silver medal in the football tournament. He played all four matches as forward, even after breaking both of his legs in the second quarter of the third game. He played one match for the

Austria national football team The Austria national football team (german: Österreichische Fußballnationalmannschaft) represents Austria in men's international football competition and it is controlled by the Austrian Football Association (German: Österreichischer Fußba ...

, in September 1936 against

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

References

External links

Franz Fuchsberger at databaseOlympics.com
1910 births 1992 deaths Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Men's association football forwards {{austria-footy-forward-stub