Walter Horak

Walter Horak ( born June 1, 1931) is a former Austrian football player. The striker took part with the national team at the World Cup 1958 in Sweden and could be at this time with the sports club two times Austrian champion and top scorer.

Career

The winger Walter Horak debuted at the Wiener Sport - Club 1953/54, in the A- League. Already in 1954/55 season he managed 16 hits the breakthrough was the second best club member Karl Miesser and almost shot his club to the Austrian championship. In the deciding match against GAK Walter Horak worried though after 5 minutes, the guide, the Graz succeeded eventually but still the balance. For Walter Horak this season meant the leap to the national team, his debut was on November 14, 1954 against Hungary. For a long time this should remain his only team effort.

After two seasons was less well with the Wiener Sport - Club, succeeded Walter Horak in the parade by storm with its partners Adolf Knoll, Erich Hof, Josef Hamerl and Karl Skerlan 41 championship games to remain unbeaten in a row and thus the Austrian championship in 1957/58 and 1958/ 59 to win. In both seasons the mandrel Bachern reach at least 100 goals, Walter Horak did scorer in 1958 with 33 hits also contributes nicely. Thus, the winger was again an issue for the national team and drove to the World Cup 1958 in Sweden, where it was used against Brazil and the Soviet Union.

With the Wiener Sport - Club Walter Horak was the quarter-finals of the European Cup of Champions celebrate and internationally with the two-time catchment great success, but following the winter break 1960, the conversion to SC Wacker Wien. The Meidlingern Walter Horak remained for a year, took place in the winter of 1961 further changes to Grazer AK and after only a half season with the Vienna Austria turn the gear to a bigger club. Although he enjoyed a good debut in Austria - in his first championship match against SV Kapfenberg he met after a few seconds to make it 1-0, he took after only four rounds of the French first division club FC an offer Sochaux and sold abroad for a year and thus had only a small part of the Austria- championship title this season.

For the season 1962/63 are back in Austria, Walter Horak joined the first Schwechater SC, for which he again played a long time on a regular basis until his voluntary relegation in 1966. His last Erstligapartie He played the following season with SK Austria Klagenfurt.

Achievements

2 x quarter-finals European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1959, 1960

National football team ( Austria )
Austrian
Austrian Champion ( football)
Soccer scorer ( Austria )
Born in 1931
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