Walter Horak (1 June 1931 – 24 December 2019) was an

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football player.

Club career

Horak played for several clubs, including Austria Wien, SC Wacker Wien,

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, and

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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

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in November 1954 against

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and was a participant at the 1958 FIFA World Cup and the

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where he scored against

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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 {{austria-footy-forward-stub