Georg Braun (22 February 1907 – 22 September 1963) was an Austrian footballer and coach who played the

1934 FIFA World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The 1934 World Cup was the first in w ...

with

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Club career

Born and raised in Vienna, in the vicinity of the

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, Braun played 10 years for local side Wiener AC, with whom he reached the 1931

Mitropa Cup The Mitropa Cup, officially called the La Coupe de l'Europe Centrale or Central European Cup, was one of the first international major European football cups for club sides. It was conducted among the successor states of the former Austria-Hungar ...

Final, which they lost to city rivals

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. He once won the league title with WAC.

International career

Nicknamed ''Schurl'', Braun was part of

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 ...

at the

. but only played the match for the Third Place He earned 13 caps between 1928 and 1935, scoring one goal against

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on 2 October 1932

Honours

Austrian Cup The Austrian Cup (german: ÖFB-Cup), known as UNIQA ÖFB Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual football competition held by the Austrian Football Association, the ÖFB. During the 2008–09 season, Austria Wien won the tournament for 27th t ...

(1): ** 1931

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References

* 1907 births 1963 deaths Footballers from Vienna Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers 1934 FIFA World Cup players Stade Rennais F.C. players LASK players FC Admira Wacker Mödling players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Austrian football managers LASK managers FC Stahl Linz (2013) managers Men's association football forwards {{austria-footy-forward-stub pt:Georg Braun