Theodor "Turl" Wagner (6 August 1927 – 21 January 2020) was an Austrian

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 played as a striker.

International career

He made his debut for

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 ...

in a November 1946 friendly match against

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and was a participant at 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. Switzerla ...

, where he scored a hat-trick in the 7–5 quarterfinal win over Switzerland. He earned 46 caps, scoring 22 goals. His last international was a March 1957 friendly match against

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. He was also part of Austria's squad for the football tournament at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

, but he did not play in any matches.

Death

Wagner died on 21 January 2020 in Vienna, at the age of 92.

References

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* * 1927 births 2020 deaths Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Austria Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics 1954 FIFA World Cup players FC Wacker Innsbruck players Austrian football managers FC Wacker Innsbruck managers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Vienna {{austria-footy-forward-stub