Personal information | |||
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Full name | Erich Probst | ||
Date of birth | 5 December 1927 | ||
Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
Date of death | 16 March 1988 | (aged 60)||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1945–1949 | Admira Wien | 81 | (89) |
1950 | First Vienna | 3 | (3) |
1950–1956 | Rapid Wien | 112 | (107) |
1956–1958 | Wuppertal | 50 | (43) |
1958–1959 | Zürich | 11 | (6) |
1959–1960 | Austria Salzburg | 9 | (8) |
1960–1962 | ASK Salzburg | 39 | (37) |
1962–1963 | First Vienna | 5 | (6) |
National team | |||
1951–1960 | Austria | 19 | (17) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Erich Probst (5 December 1927 – 16 March 1988) was an Austrian footballer.
Probst made his debut for Austria in a May 1951 friendly match against Scotland and was a participant at the 1954 FIFA World Cup tournament 1954 in Switzerland, where he was one of the foremost strikers. Austria reached third place and Probst ended second in the scorer list with six goals, behind the Hungarian Sandor Kocsis and jointly with Max Morlock of Germany and the Swiss Josef Hügi.
Probst earned 19 caps, scoring 17 goals. His final international was a March 1960 European Championship qualification match against France.