Franz Riegler (soccer player, 1915)
Franz "Bobby" Riegler (born August 30, 1915 in Vienna ; † beginning of January 1989 ) was an Austrian national soccer player . The winger won the Mitropa Cup with Austria in 1936 .
Career
Bobby Riegler began his professional career at the Favoritner Erstligaklub FC Wien , where his brother Hans Riegler later started his successful football career. As a right winger , Bobby Riegler played in the regular team from the 1933/34 season and made a name for himself as a precise flank giver. So at the beginning of the year he moved to Wiener Austria in the Prater. Bobby Riegler immediately won the Austrian Cup to join the Veilchen and even reached the final in the subsequent Mitropacup . Against Sparta Prague , after a 0-0 win in Vienna, the club achieved a sensational 1-0 in the overcrowded Masaryk Stadium and thus won the title. The decisive goal came in the 66th minute, in which Bobby Riegler carried the ball with lightning speed to near the corner flag, from where he crossed into the penalty area and found the head of Camillo Jerusalem .
Two weeks later, on September 27, 1936, Bobby Riegler made his international debut for the Austrian national team in a duel with Hungary under Hugo Meisl . In the subsequent championship in 1936/37 he scratched past the title win with Austria as second only because of the poorer goal difference against Admira . In the 1938/39 season, the winger played for the first division newcomer SK Amateure Steyr before moving back to his home club FC Wien in the summer of 1939, with whom he was able to ensure good results during the Second World War with the runner-up in 1941/42 . As a veteran, Bobby Riegler played regularly in the red and white dress in the A-League until the end of 1950. After the end of the war, Bobby Riegler was still playing in the reactivated Austrian national team in 1945; he was on the field for the first home win in eight years, the 4-1 over France . Later he was a player- coach at DAC Semperit and worked for a forwarding agency.
successes
- 1 × Mitropa Cup winner : 1936
- 2 × Austrian runner-up : 1937, 1942
- 1 × Austrian Cup winner : 1936
- 3 international matches for the Austrian national soccer team from 1936 to 1945
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Riegler, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Riegler, Bobby |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1989 |