Josef Pekarek

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Josef Pekarek (born January 2, 1913 in Bad Vöslau ; † November 30, 1996 ) was an Austrian national soccer player who was also once a member of the German national soccer team .

Career

societies

Josef Pekarek began his football career in 1924 at the Vöslauer Sportklub in his hometown. When he became an apprentice at the Wiener Neustädter Daimlerwerke, he switched to 1. Wiener Neustädter SC in 1927 , where he became Lower Austrian regional champion in 1933 within the VAFÖ . In a friendly against Wacker , Karli Zischek's center forward was finally brought into the first division . With the Meidlingers he was finally put back in the Halvszeile by trainer Poldl Resch and experienced the rise of the district club in the following years. Initially he was accompanied at Wacker by Franz Hanreiter (until 1936) and his entire time at Wacker was accompanied by Ernst Reitermaier , Johann Walzhofer and Zischek.

With Wacker, Josef Pekarek was able to become runner-up three times in a row in the Austrian and East Markets championships in 1939 , 1940 and 1941 . In the Tschammerpokal in 1939 , he and his team made it to the semi-finals, then in March and April 1940 there were three dramatic games against SV Waldhof Mannheim (1: 1 n.V .; 2: 2 n.V .; 0: 0 a.d.) and Wacker was eliminated by drawing lots and Waldhof moved into the final. The performers in all three semi-finals were goalkeeper Alexander Martinek , center runner Pekarek, right winger Zischek, center forward Reitermaier and half left Walzhofer.

Selection teams

Pekarek was first placed on March 21, 1937 in the European Cup match against Italy (2-0) in the Austrian national team ; in front of goalkeeper Peter Platzer with Karl Sesta , Willibald Schmaus ( pair of defenders), Karl Adamek and Walter Nausch, he formed the defensive of the hosts in the Prater Stadium in front of 52,000 spectators. Club colleague Zischek had occupied the right wing. To have completed the 90 minutes without conceding goals against the internationally famous inside storm of the "Azzurri" with Giuseppe Meazza , Silvio Piola and Giovanni Ferrari , was a remarkable performance for the Austria defensive.

In May, Wacker's middle runner was still in action in the two draws against Scotland (1-1) and Hungary (2-2), before a 4-3 win against Karl Rappan in September followed. With Austria on October 5, 1937, after a 2-1 victory over Latvia, he successfully qualified for the 1938 World Cup , but participation was prevented by the annexation of Austria by the German Reich.

In the city games against Prague (October 24, 1937) and Budapest (April 24, 1938) he represented the colors of Vienna and was part of the national team course before the international match between Germany and England (3: 6) on May 14, 1938, together with the stopper competitors Ludwig Goldbrunner , Johann Mock and Wilhelm Sold . But then he was not part of the world championship squad for the 1938 World Cup in France.

Pekarek came on August 27, 1939 against Slovakia to his international match in the Reich German national team , as one of eight Austrians who were on that day. In the 2-0 defeat in Bratislava , he played the central role as usual and was supported by the left wing runner Max Merkel . Wacker colleague Reitermaier was unable to score a goal alongside Franz Binder . On May 19, 1940 he lost with the selection of the Ostmark the semi-final game in Munich for the Reichsbund Cup against Bavaria.

Ultimately, the center only survived World War II with a serious injury. The amputation of a leg abruptly ended Josef Pekarek's football career.

successes

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fritz Tauber: German national football team: Player statistics from A to Z . 3. Edition. AGNON, Kassel 2012, ISBN 978-3-89784-397-4 , p. 95 (176 pages).
  2. ^ Matthias Weinrich, Hardy Green: German Cup History since 1935. Agon Sportverlag. Kassel 2000. ISBN 3-89784-146-0 . P. 58
personal data
SURNAME Pekarek, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Vöslau
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1996