Joseph Karl Gruber (4 May 1912 – 29 September 1967) was an Austrian

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player and manager. A

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, he played for

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, French club

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, Maltese side

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and in Germany for

Alemannia Aachen Aachener Turn- und Sportverein Alemannia 1900 e. V., short Alemannia Aachen (), is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long-term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three- ...

and

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. He managed Dutch side

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between 1962 and 1963 and also coached Alemannia Aachen,

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Vitesse Arnhem SBV Vitesse Arnhem (''Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse Arnhem, Eng: Professional Football Foundation Vitesse Arnhem''), widely known as Vitesse () or internationally known as Vitesse Arnhem, is a Dutch professional association football, footba ...

Pittsburgh Phantoms.

Personal life

Joseph was born in

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, the son of Viktoria Paiha and Joseph Gruber. He was married to Agnes Margarete Savelsberg.

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* 1912 births 1967 deaths Austrian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FK Austria Wien players Le Havre AC players Floriana F.C. players Alemannia Aachen players Hamburger SV players Austrian football managers National Professional Soccer League (1967) coaches Alemannia Aachen managers SBV Vitesse managers AFC DWS managers AFC Ajax managers DHSC (football club) managers Austrian expatriate men's footballers Austrian expatriate football managers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Malta Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Austrian expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate football managers in the Netherlands Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-footy-midfielder-stub