Viktor Pleasure

Josef Viktor Gefäll (* between 1895 and 1898; † July 1916 in Cholm , Russian Empire ) was an Austrian football player in the position of goalkeeper .

biography

Viktor Gefäll grew up as the only son of a widow and successfully passed the high school diploma .

Gefäll emerged from the youth of the Viennese amateur sports club and made his debut on May 16, 1915, debuted in the 1: 2 defeat against Wiener AF as the fourth war goalkeeper after Wilhelm Meisl , Alexander Frey and Miklos Belhazy for the amateur team in the championship . His 12th and last championship appearance was on December 19, 1915 in the 2: 7 defeat against SpC Rudolfshügel . Recruited by the army , Gefäll was seriously wounded on the Russian front in Galicia at the end of June or beginning of July 1916 ; his leg was torn off by a grenade shot . The 18- or 20-year-old cadet aspirant died a few days later (before July 8) in the field hospital in Cholm as a result of his injuries.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Fallen before the enemy. In: Neue Freie Presse of July 9, 1916, p. 14.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Viktor Gefäll - fallen. In: Fremd-Blatt of July 8, 1916, p. 5.
^ Ambrosius Kutschera: Austria 1 (1st class) Lower Austria Football Association 1915. In: austriasoccer.at , accessed on April 27, 2020.
^ Ambrosius Kutschera: Austria 1 (1st class) Lower Austria Football Association 1915/16. In: austriasoccer.at , accessed on April 27, 2020.
↑ From near and far. In: Fremd-Blatt of July 4, 1916, p. 4.
↑ Viktor Gefäll. In: austria-archiv.at , accessed on April 27, 2020. From: Viennese amateur sports club: Ten years of Viennese amateur sports club 1911–1921. Self-published, Vienna 1921. There, July 21, 1916 is given as the date of death, which in view of the obituaries in the press on July 8 and 9 is to be regarded as unlikely.

personal data
SURNAME	Please, Viktor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gefäll, Josef Viktor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1895–1898
DATE OF DEATH	July 1916
Place of death	Cholm

[NFP-1] Fallen before the enemy. In: Neue Freie Presse of July 9, 1916, p. 14.

[FB-2] Viktor Gefäll - fallen. In: Fremd-Blatt of July 8, 1916, p. 5.

[3] Ambrosius Kutschera: Austria 1 (1st class) Lower Austria Football Association 1915. In: austriasoccer.at , accessed on April 27, 2020.

[4] Ambrosius Kutschera: Austria 1 (1st class) Lower Austria Football Association 1915/16. In: austriasoccer.at , accessed on April 27, 2020.

[5] From near and far. In: Fremd-Blatt of July 4, 1916, p. 4.

[6] Viktor Gefäll. In: austria-archiv.at , accessed on April 27, 2020. From: Viennese amateur sports club: Ten years of Viennese amateur sports club 1911–1921. Self-published, Vienna 1921. There, July 21, 1916 is given as the date of death, which in view of the obituaries in the press on July 8 and 9 is to be regarded as unlikely.