Heinrich MÃ¼ller (footballer)

Heinrich " Wudi " Müller ( * May 13, 1909; † 5 April 2000) was an Austrian football player and coach.

The player

The trained shoemaker Wudi Müller came to Vienna in 1921 AC in the Prater, where he came regularly from 1927 as a connector in the first team to use. In 1928 he reached the Prater club for the first time the Cup final, which went to the Admiralty still 1:2, this competition was finally able to win for the first time in 1931 before Austria and thus qualify for the Mitropa Cup. 1931 was also the birth of the miracle team at the Wudi miller club colleague Rudi Hiden, Schurl Brown and Karl Sesta participated.

Thanks to this strong team in the WAC even reached the final of the Mitropa Cup in 1931, in which the Black - Red met the Vienna in the purely Austrian duel. In the first leg in Zurich, the Prater people soon led 2-0, Wudi Müller had scored the second goal after a good pass from Karl Huber, finally, the Athletiker had, however, 2:3 and 1:2 bend in Vienna Vienna.

Despite strong competitors on the connector position with Fritz Gschweidl and Toni sound he made it three times in the miracle team, with whom he thus in 1932 won the European Cup. Overall Wudi Müller scored four international goals in just five games for Austria.

The great success of the WAC followed severe financial problems. This was one reason for Wudi Müller for an offer of Hungaria MTK Budapest FC switch over to the Hungarian capital. On the side of players like Gusztáv Sebes and Ferenc Sas he was allowed to celebrate 1936 and 1937 two Hungarian championships. In 1940 Wudi Müller returned to the dissolution of the Hungaria back through the Horthy regime to Vienna and Austria joined initially as a player. From 1940 to 1944 he ran for the Violet, interrupted by a job as player-coach for the BSG Ternitz in the season 1941/42. In the autumn of 1946 he played already as Austria coach again two championship games.

The coach

As a coach, his name is chiefly associated with the Vienna Austria. He coached the club to three terms, spread over some 12 years - interestingly enough, he was sitting there, both in the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s on the Bank of Austria. He is the longest serving coach of Austria. The most successful case was his first term of office, which lasted from 1945 to 1954. In addition to three league titles from 1949, 1950 and 1953, he also won the OFB Cup with Austria in 1948 and 1949. In the first three years he played even occasionally - after the bad start Championship 1946/47, played Müller even twice - and was thus virtually player-coach.

1951 Austria took a trip to South America has become legendary. There the team to be beaten with six world champions last year Club Nacional of Montevideo defeated by Ernst Ocwirk, Serious Stojaspal and Luke "Harry" Aurednik large Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro high 4-0. In April 1953, the foreign lock in force in Austria was repealed for players over 30 years. Especially after the 1954 World Cup, this led to a strong bloodletting from which Austria has been hit hard by the departure of Stojaspal, Melchior, and Kominek Aurednik to France. The great Austria at that time was divided so, and also Wudi Müller took his leave.

In the following years, he moved to the Netherlands. He sat in 1956 even for a play on the Dutch bench, which won the Oranje Oranje in Switzerland 3-2. Between 1958 and 1961 he spent two years at the Dutch first division side Willem II in Tilburg. After the meantime also AEK Athens trained, Wudi Müller returned in December 1964 back to Austria. He solved there " Tscharry " bird from which filled the end of the preseason existing after the departure of Edi Frühwirth gap. Robert Sara, who was to remain the club over 21 years of loyal, Thomas Parits, Alfons Dirnberger and Hans "Buffy" Ettmayer were promising young talent in this team.

But in the spring of the thread tore completely in the team. A seventh place was the worst result for a long time. In the summer of 1965 the club was therefore reorganized once again. Wudi Müller remained coach, he was sent off as sporting director Ernst Ocwirk aside. With this team a hard shaft was introduced in Austria: reduction of less powerful Legionaries, benefits like training, compliance with all the principles of a modern football, brisk game without a long ball holding, consistent ceiling.

Before the end of Müller finally had to completely vacate his seat for Ocwirk which Austria was retained as an assistant coach and had so thoroughly also share in the championships of 1969 and 1970 as well as the Cup victories of 1967 and 1970.

His last comeback as a boss in the dugout of Austria little more been successful. The 1971/72 season he was able to conclude with the runners-up behind the then dominant SSW Innsbruck.

Heinrich " Wudi " Miller died on 5 April 2000, shortly before his 90th birthday and was buried in the Viennese central cemetery.

Coach stations

Achievements

5 x Austrian Champion: 1949, 1950, 1953 ( as a coach ), 1969, 1970 ( as assistant coach )
2 × Hungarian Champion: 1936, 1937
6 × Austrian Cup Winner: 1931 ( as a player ), 1948, 1949, 1960 ( as a coach ), 1967, 1970 ( as assistant coach )

Balance sheet as national coach of the Netherlands

F = Friendly Match
E = European Cup

Source: http://www.austriasoccer.at/LSP/Datenbank/lstat6.htm

Association Captain: Hugo Meisl Coach: Jimmy Hogan

National football team ( Austria )
Austrian Champion ( football)
Football coach ( Austria )
Athletes (Vienna)
Austrian
Born in 1909
Died in 2000
Man

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