Adolf Vogl

This article deals with the Austrian soccer player. For the German composer (1873–1961) see Adolf Vogl (composer) .

Adolf "Adi" Vogl (born May 4, 1910 in Vienna ; † April 9, 1993 in Kristianstad , Sweden ) was an Austrian football player and member of the wonder team . Together with Toni Schall , he formed what is probably the most famous left-wing attack duo in Austrian football history in the 1930s for Admira and in the national team.

Career

Adi Vogl began his career at the second division club SC Neubau , where he grew into one of the most elegant and technically best wingers in Austria. In 1927 he moved to Admira where he found an ideal strike partner in Toni Schall. With the Botanikern, he made his debut as a right liaison striker in the fighting team at the age of 17 and surprisingly made his international debut just under a week after his 19th birthday. It was Austria's famous 5-0 victory over Scotland, which was considered the first game of the wonder team . In the following years, Adolf Vogl was part of the core team of the miracle team and by 1936 had 19 international matches in the national team and seven other appearances in selection matches. He played his last international match in 1936 in a 1-1 draw against Czechoslovakia in Vienna.

In the meantime, Adolf Vogl has been a regular champion and cup winner at Admira. The striker celebrated his greatest international success with his entry into the Mitropacup final in 1934, which was lost despite two Vogl goals to AGC Bologna (3: 2, 1: 5). The 1937/38 season spent Adi Vogl in France at Excelsior AC Roubaix , with whom he occupied a midfield position in Division 1 . He then returned to Austria or Ostmark and played for the Schwarz-Rot sports club . Then he was back under contract with Admira, before ending his career with Vienna AC in 1947 .

After completing his playing career, he switched to the coaching office and looked after the Salzburg AK 1914 , as well as various teams in the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR . In 1947 he was the coach of SG Glauchau and later SG Weida and SG Jena Stadion, for which he was twice appointed to the Thuringian national team.

In 1950, Adolf Vogl moved with his family to Sweden , where he continued to work as a football coach. He is particularly remembered by the southern Swedish club Sölvesborgs GIF , which he brought from fourth to second division within two years in the mid-1960s. At the club's centenary in 2015, he was named coach of the century. Other teams he coached in Sweden include IF Elfsborg 1954–57, Helsingborgs IF 1958–60 and Mjällby AIF 1969–71.

At the age of 82, he died in 1993 in Kristianstad, southern Sweden, as the last member of the legendary wonder team.

Stations

As a player

• until 1927: SC new building
• 1927 to 1937: SK Admira Vienna
• 1937 to 1938: Excelsior AC Roubaix
• 1938: Vienna AC
• 1938 to 1947: SK Admira Vienna
• 1947: Vienna AC

As a trainer

• Salzburg AK 1944
• 1947: SG Glauchau
• SG Weida
• SG Jena
• 1954 to 1957: IF Elfsborg
• 1958 to 1960: Helsingborgs IF
• 1960 to 1967: Sölvesborgs GIF
• 1969 to 1971: Mjällby AIF

Others

• The left storm duo Schall-Vogl is still best known today for Willy Schmieger's famous comment on the 1932 game of the century against England ("Schall zu Vogl, Vogl zu Schall - Tooor!").

• In 1993 the Voglgasse in Vienna- Floridsdorf (21st district) was named after him. Appropriately, this ends in Anton-Schall-Gasse .