Walter Horak (1 June 1931 – 24 December 2019) was an
Austrian
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football player.
Club career
Horak played for several clubs, including
Austria Wien,
SC Wacker Wien,
Grazer AK
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, and
FC Sochaux
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(France). But with
Wiener Sport Club he won two league titles and he topped the final goalscorers chart once.
International career
He made his debut for
Austria
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in November 1954 against
Hungary
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and was a participant at the
1958 FIFA World Cup and the
1960 European Nations' Cup
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where he scored against
France
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. He earned 13 caps, scoring 3 goals.
Honours
*
Austrian Football Bundesliga (3):
** 1958, 1959, 1962
*
Austrian Cup (1):
** 1962
*
Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (1):
** 1958
Österreichs Torschützenkönige
- Oberliga.at
References
External links
*
Austria Wien archive
*
1931 births
2019 deaths
Austrian men's footballers
Austria men's international footballers
1958 FIFA World Cup players
FK Austria Wien players
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
Grazer AK players
Austrian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Ligue 1 players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Men's association football forwards
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