Viliam Schrojf (2 August 1931 – 1 September 2007) was a Slovak

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who played as a

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. He received 39 caps for

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

Career

Schrojf was a participant at the three consecutive World Cups

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 ...

1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Brazil be ...

and at the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place bet ...

, where Czechoslovakia surprised the world and went through to the final, losing to champions Brazil. The success of Czechoslovakia was largely attributed to Schrojf's superb performance. The final however proved to be a black day for Schrojf, with two Brazilian goals resulting from his mistakes. With his country leading 1–0, he expected a cross from Amarildo and left the goal, allowing the Brazilian to score from an acute angle. Halfway through the second half, with his side already 2–1 down, the sun got into his eyes and he failed to catch a simple ball properly, which landed directly at the feet of

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, who took the opportunity to become the first ever player to score in two different World Cup finals. On club level, Schrojf played mostly for Slovan Bratislava and then for Lokomotiva Košice.

Death

On 2 September 2007, the Slovakian media reported that Schrojf had died the previous day, aged 76; the cause of death was not disclosed.

Honours

Slovan Bratislava *

Czechoslovak First League The Czechoslovak First League ( cs, 1. fotbalová liga, sk, 1. futbalová liga) was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed ...

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Czechoslovak Cup The Czechoslovak Cup () was a football cup competition held in Czechoslovakia. It was officially created in 1960 and folded in 1993 with the split between Czech Republic and Slovakia. The cup was played throughout Czechoslovakia until 1968–69. Fr ...

: 1961–62, 1962–63 Czechoslovakia *

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runner-up:

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

Individual *

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: 1962 * FIFA World Cup Best Goalkeeper: 1962

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* * 1931 births 2007 deaths Czechoslovak footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players 1958 FIFA World Cup players 1962 FIFA World Cup players Association football goalkeepers Footballers from Prague Slovak footballers 1960 European Nations' Cup players Czechoslovakia international footballers ŠK Slovan Bratislava players Czechoslovak expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Austria Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Austria Křídla vlasti Olomouc players FC Lokomotíva Košice players First Vienna FC players {{Slovakia-footy-goalkeeper-stub