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Austrian footballer

Paul Halla
Personal information
Full name Paul Halla
Date of birth (1931-04-10)10 April 1931
Place of birth Graz, Austria
Date of death 6 December 2005(2005-12-06) (aged 74)
Place of death Vienna, Austria
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1951 Sturm Graz
1951–1953 Grazer AK 47 (24)
1953–1965 Rapid Wien 289 (39)
1965–1967 Helfort
International career
1952–1965 Austria 34 (2)
Medal record
Representing  Austria
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1954 Switzerland
*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.

Paul Halla (10 April 1931 – 6 December 2005) was an Austrian footballer.

Club career

He played for SK Sturm Graz, Grazer AK and SK Rapid Wien (1953–1965). He skippered Rapid in his final season there.

International career

He earned 34 caps and scored 2 goals for the Austria national football team from 1954 to 1965, and participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Death

He died in a Vienna hospital in December 2005 after stomach surgery.

Honours

References

  1. Paul Halla verstorben- Nachrichten
  2. "oefb.at". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2014.

External links

Austria squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup third place
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Austria squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup
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