Erich Probst

Erich Probst (5 December 1927–16 March 1988) was an Austrian footballer. He played as a striker for different teams in Vienna and also abroad.

Career

He started with Admira Wien at 17 years old. After a year with Vienna, he signed with SK Rapid Wien. In this time he won the Austrian Championship four times. In his first season with Rapid, he scored 28 goals in 23 matches. Although he was always a top scorer, he never shot the highest number of goals in the league.

After his time with Rapid, he went to Wuppertaler SV in Germany. After the relegation of Wuppertal, he went on to Switzerland, playing for FC Zürich. In winter 1959 he came back to Austria to SV Austria Salzburg. The club paid 90,000 Austrian schillings, which was the highest till this time. He shot 15 goals, and the team could stay in the top league. During his time with Salzburg, he played his last match with the national football team. He was the first player of SV Austria Salzburg who ever played for the team.

In the 1960/61 season he was coach of SV Austria but not successful. So he went on to play as a striker again. His last clubs were the SAK 1914 in Salzburg and First Vienna FC in Vienna. At all, he scored 150 goals in Austria's top league.

International

He played 19 times for the Austrian national football team and scored 17 goals. His first match was on 27 May 1951 (4:0 versus Scotland). In the qualification match for the FIFA World Cup 1954 versus Portugal, he scored 5 goals for the 9:1 win. He was member of the 1954 FIFA World Cup squad, which reached third place. During the tournament he scored six goals and was together with Max Morlock of Germany and Josef Hügi of Switzerland second in the scorer list. During his time abroad, he was not a player on the team. But in 1960 he played his last match versus France (2:4), where he also scored his last goal for the team. So he was the first national football team player coming from SV Austria Salzburg.

International statistics

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Probst goal.

List of international goals scored by Erich Probst

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	27 September 1953	Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Portugal	2–0	9–1	1954 FIFA World Cup Qualification
2				3-0
3				4-0
4				5-0
5				7-1
6	30 May 1954	Prater Stadion , Vienna, Austria	Norway	3–0	5-0	Friendly match
7				4-0
8	16 June 1954	Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland	Scotland	1-0	1-0	1954 FIFA World Cup
9	19 June 1954	Hardturm, Zürich, Switzerland	Czechoslovakia	2–0	5-0	1954 FIFA World Cup
10				3-0
11				4-0
12	26 June 1954	Stade Olympique de La Pontaise, Lausanne , Switzerland	Switzerland	7-5	7-5	1954 FIFA World Cup
13	30 June 1954	St. Jakob Stadion,Basel , Switzerland	Germany	1-2	1-6	1954 FIFA World Cup
14	27 March 1955	Za Luzankami , Brno , Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakia	1-2	2-3	Gerö-Cup
15	24 April 1955	Prater Stadion , Vienna, Austria	Hungary	1-1	2-2	Gerö-Cup
16				2-2
17	1 May 1955	Wankdorfstadium, Bern , Switzerland	Switzerland	3-2	3-2	Gerö-Cup

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (4):
  • 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956
• Mitropa Cup (1):
  • 1951
• Member of the Austrian team for the 1954 FIFA World Cup

References

1. ↑ Transfermarkt.at