Walter Horak

Walter Horak (1 June 1931 – 24 December 2019) was an Austrian football player.

Walter Horak

Personal information
Full name	Walter Horak
Date of birth	(1931-06-01)1 June 1931
Place of birth	Marchegg, Austria
Date of death	24 December 2019(2019-12-24) (aged 88)
Place of death	Vienna, Austria
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Marchegg
	FC Stadlau
	Leopoldsdorf
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1959	Wiener Sport Club	121	(83)
1959–1960	SC Wacker Wien	9	(1)
1961	Grazer AK	12	(3)
1961–1962	Austria Wien	10	(2)
1962	FC Sochaux	19	(6)
1962–1966	1. Schwechater SC	71	(14)
1966–1967	Austria Klagenfurt	1	(0)
Total		243	(109)
International career
1954–1960	Austria	13	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Austria national football team in 1958 with the following players – from left to right, standing; Walter Horak, Ernst Happel, Karl Koller, Alfred Körner, Paul Halla, Walter Schleger; crouched: Helmut Senekowitsch, Gerhard Hanappi, Rudolf Szanwald, Franz Swoboda and Johann Buzek.

Club career

Horak played for several clubs, including Austria Wien, SC Wacker Wien, Grazer AK, and FC Sochaux (France). But with Wiener Sport Club he won two league titles and he topped the final goalscorers chart once.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in November 1954 against Hungary and was a participant at the 1958 FIFA World Cup and the 1960 European Nations' Cup where he scored against France. He earned 13 caps, scoring 3 goals.

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (3):
  • 1958, 1959, 1962
• Austrian Cup (1):
  • 1962
• Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (1):
  • 1958

External links

• (in German) Austria Wien archive
• Walter Horak at National-Football-Teams.com