Josef "Pepi" Stroh (5 March 1913 – 7 January 1991) was an

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n footballer and football manager. He played club football mainly with

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International career

He was part of Austria’s team for the

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but he didn’t play any match. With

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, he was also part of the squad for the 1948 but he didn’t play

only match in the tournament, a 3-0 defeat against Sweden national football team. He also played for the

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. and was part of the

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squad for the

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He played one match, the lost replay against Switzerland, as

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were knocked out in the first round.

Coaching career

He coached SC Wiener Neustadt,

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, SC Schwechat,

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SK Brann Sportsklubben Brann (commonly known as Brann, and less often as SK Brann) is a Norwegian professional football club, founded 26 September 1908, from Bergen. Brann had been in the Eliteserien, Norway's Premier Division of Football, since 1987, bar ...

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and Sportklub.

References

1913 births 1991 deaths Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers German men's footballers Germany men's international footballers 1934 FIFA World Cup players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Olympic footballers for Austria Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics FK Austria Wien players Austrian football managers Jönköpings Södra IF managers Malmö FF managers IFK Göteborg managers Dual men's international footballers SK Brann managers Sandvikens IF managers Wiener Sport-Club managers Men's association football forwards Austrian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Sweden Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate football managers in Norway Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Norway {{austria-footy-forward-stub