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Paul Halla (10 April 1931 – 6 December 2005) 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 ...
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footballer
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.
Club career
He played for
SK Sturm Graz
Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white.
In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austria ...
,
Grazer AK
Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletiksport Klub (in Austria the abbreviation GAK is more common), is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria (''Steiermark''). The football section used to be on ...
and
SK Rapid Wien
Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...
(1953–1965). He skippered Rapid in his final season there.
International career
He earned 34 caps and scored 2 goals 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 Fußbal ...
from 1954 to 1965, and participated in the
1954 FIFA World Cup
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. Switzer ...
and the
1958 FIFA World Cup.
Death
He died in a Vienna hospital in December 2005 after stomach surgery.
Honours
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Austrian Football Bundesliga (5):
** 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1964
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Austrian Cup (1):
** 1961
References
External links
Rapid Wien players- Rapid Archiv
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1931 births
2005 deaths
Austrian men's footballers
Austria men's international footballers
1954 FIFA World Cup players
1958 FIFA World Cup players
SK Sturm Graz players
Grazer AK players
SK Rapid Wien players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Men's association football defenders
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