Kurt Schmied (14 June 1926 – 9 December 2007) was a goalkeeper for

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and

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 Fußbal ...

International career

He made his debut for

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in May 1954 against

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. He represented Austria during the

FIFA World Cup 1954 The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...

and again in

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.Record at FIFA Tournaments
- FIFA He was a hero of the quarter-final game versus Switzerland in the 1954 finals where he played on despite suffering from a debilitating heatstroke in a game that is often remembered as the Hitzeschlacht von Lausanne, or Heat Battle of Lausanne, and remains notable for being the game with the most goals scored in World Cup final history (Austria won the game, 7-5). He earned 38 caps, no goals scored. He died in

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in December 2007.

Honours

* Austrian Football Bundesliga (1): ** 1955

External links

Player profile
- Austria Archive *

Sources

* Andrzej Gowarzewski "FUJI Football Encyclopedia - World Cup FIFA*part I*Biographical notes - Heroes of Mundials" ; GiA Katowice 1993

References

1926 births 2007 deaths Footballers from Vienna Austrian footballers Austria international footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players 1958 FIFA World Cup players First Vienna FC players FK Austria Wien players Association football goalkeepers Burials at Ottakring Cemetery {{austria-footy-goalkeeper-stub