Robert Koerner

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Robert Körner (born August 21, 1924 in Vienna ; † June 22, 1989 ) was an Austrian national soccer player and later soccer coach. Together with his younger brother Alfred Körner , he played in the storm for Rapid and in the Austrian national team in the late 1940s and 50s .

Career

Together with his brother Alfred, Robert Körner joined the Rapid youth team in 1938. Slender by nature, it was nicknamed "Gselchter" and soon became famous for its Stangelpass. Robert Körner, he got the abbreviation "Körner I", made his debut for Rapid in his position of right winger on August 23, 1942 in a 10-1 victory over Vienna Austria , brother "Körner II" soon played as left winger. He celebrated his first title win in Hütteldorf in the first post-war championship in 1945/46 . The striker was also able to triumph with the club in the final against Vienna in the reintroduced cup competition . These title wins were the beginning of a real title hamstering with the green-whites, because until his last active season 1956/57 Robert Körner received a total of seven championships . The championship win in 1947/48 , in which Robert Körner scored the decisive goal eight minutes before the end against Wiener Austria, is certainly to be remembered in connection with himself.

In addition to his successes at national level, those with the national team are in no way inferior. Robert Körner made his debut on November 14, 1948 in a 2-1 win over Sweden . After Austria qualified 9-1 over Portugal for the 1954 World Cup , Robert Körner accompanied the team to Switzerland and was used in all games. Austria achieved their best World Cup placement with third place, he himself scored the 2-0 in the small final, which is now counted as an own goal because a Uruguayan deflected the ball.

After finishing his playing career, Robert Körner became a coach. He first worked at Rapid from 1959 to 1966, won two more championships there and then moved to Germany, where he initially spent a season at SV Waldhof Mannheim and then as an assistant coach in the Bundesliga under his former player colleague Max Merkel at 1 FC Nürnberg worked. There, winning the German championship in 1968 was his greatest success. Robert Körner is the coach with the shortest tenure as head coach in the Bundesliga. In the 1968/69 season he followed Merkel as coach of 1. FC Nuremberg. However, he was released after just 18 days on April 12, 1969. Later Robert Körner stepped in again and again at Rapid in case of need, so he worked three times as head coach: 1969/70, 1972 and 1975/76.

His grave is in the Baumgartner Friedhof in Vienna (group J1, number 213).

successes

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Robert Koerner. Accessed June 25, 2018 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Grains, robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1989