Walter Glechner
Walter " Bubi " Glechner ( born February 12, 1939) is a former Austrian football player. The long-time captain of the SK Rapid Wien took the club four league titles and played in the Austrian national team.
Club career
Glechner began as a ten- year-old in Rapid offspring among the youth coach Franz Wagner. His championship debut for the first team he gave in April 1959, when he replaced the injured Ernst Happel and soon became his successor at the stopper position. Already in his first full season 1959/60 Rapid could bring the championship title, the defensive line with Paul Halla, Glechner and Joseph Höltl allowed the fewest goals in the league. In the following season, the association played in the European Cup, where they penetrated to the semi-finals and there was denied by the subsequent competition winners Benfica. 1964 was followed by another title.
A broken leg in April 1965 interrupted the career of now the team captain ascended defense chief, who was also known as a master of the offside trap, almost a year. After his return Rapid could reach with the defensive line in the new composition Walter Gebhardt, Glechner and Erich factor two more league titles and two cup victories. Also in the Champions' Cup came Hütteldorfer in 1968/69 quarter-finals, where Manchester United proved too strong.
1970 Rapid committed with Gerd Springer a new coach, who deported the former captain in the reserve team. After a year without significant stakes Glechner therefore left his hometown club and signed for second division side SV Admira Wiener Neustadt. In the first year the club was able to achieve promotion to the top division, where the crew to the Rudolf Flögel, Alfons and Karl Fröhlich Dirnberger were three other former national player, but knocked off finished last. Glechner remained after relegation for another year at the club and then finished his career at Cottage Krems.
National
Glechner belonged to his club colleague Walter Skocik that Austrian youth team that could win the 1957 UEFA youth tournament. His debut in the senior team, he was under team boss Karl Decker in May 1960, a 4-1 win against Scotland. A regular place he could initially not secure, because as a stopper usually the experienced Karl Stotz was used, from the end of 1962, however Glechner was an integral part of the national team. In April 1965, he retired at a World Cup qualifying match against East Germany in the duel with Hermann Stöcker the mentioned Schienbeinbruch to. After a year break, he returned in May 1966 in the national team, where he now frequently played alongside his team-mate Gebhardt and came to his retirement in June 1968 against the Soviet Union in all international matches are used. Overall Glechner was 35 times the national jersey, but for an international tournament, the Austrians failed to qualify during this time.
Achievements
- 4x Austrian Champion: 1960, 1964, 1967, 1968
- 3x OFB Cup: 1961, 1968, 1969
- 1x European Cup semi-finals: 1961
- 2x in the "Team of the season" ( " Courier " option)
- 35 games and a goal for the Austrian national team