Josef Pecanka
Josef Pecanka (born April 7, 1925 - † July 28, 2015 ) was an Austrian football and hockey player and coach and was, among other things, the personal trainer of Hans Krankl .
Life
Pecanka was a youth coach at FK Austria Wien and became his assistant under coach Béla Guttmann in March 1973. In the 1973/74 season he was promoted to head coach and won the ÖFB Cup with Austria . With SK Rapid Wien he was able to repeat this success in the 1975/76 season .
Later Josef Pecanka lived with his wife Eleonore in a communal apartment in Ottakring . He had two daughters, Eleonore married. Bendlinger and Brigitta married Sedy, and four grandchildren, Franz and Simon Bendlinger and Florian and Christian Sedy. When he stopped playing football, he began to be interested in hockey and made it into the Austrian national team in this sport . Later he was the honorary section head of the Post SV Landhockey and helped to popularize the sport of landhockey across Austria.
Club stations
As a player
- 1. Simmeringer SC (1953–1959)
- Post SV Vienna (football, hockey)
- National field hockey player
As a trainer
- First Vienna FC (1960–1968; youth coach)
- SK Rapid Wien (1968–1972; youth coach)
- First Vienna FC (1972–1973 youth coach)
- FK Austria Wien (1973–1975; youth coach)
- SK Rapid Vienna (1975; head coach)
- FK Austria Wien (September 1975 to 1976; head coach)
- SK Rapid Vienna (1976–1979; youth coach)
- Austrian national teams in women's, men's and junior land hockey as well as indoor hockey
Success as a trainer
- 2 × Austrian Cup winners : 1974 (Austria), 1976 (Rapid)
- 5th place in the 1980 Olympic Games, women's field hockey
- European Champion 1982 (1st Indoor Nation Cup Under 21 Men WIEN 1982)
Success as a field hockey player
Participation in:
- 1948 London Olympics
- 1952 Olympic Games Helsinki
- 1980 Olympic Games Moscow (coach of the women's national team for land hockey)
Web links
- Josef Pecanka in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Josef Pecanka - a legend is dead
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pecanka, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 2015 |
| Place of death | Vienna |