Franz Cisar Explained

Franz Cisar
Birth Date:28 November 1908
Birth Place:Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Soviet Union
Position:Defender
Years1:1926–1929
Years2:1929–1935
Years3:1935–1936
Years4:1936–1937
Years5:1937–1938
Clubs5:Prostějov
Caps4:8
Goals4:0
Nationalyears1:1933–1934
Nationalteam1:Austria
Nationalcaps1:9
Nationalgoals1:1

Franz Cisar (28 November 1908 – 10 August 1943)[1]) was an Austrian footballer who played for Austria in the 1934 FIFA World Cup.[2] His career lasted from 1926 to 1938.

Club career

Cisar played for several Austrian clubs before moving abroad for a season at FC Metz[3]

International career

His first cap was against Hungary on 1 October 1933.[4]

He took part in the 1934 FIFA World Cup where he played the whole 4 games of Austria.[5] The third place play-off lost against Germany was his last cap.

Death

In the Second World War Cisar served as 'Obergefreiter' (Corporal) in a German Army tank regiment when he was killed in action on the Eastern Front in Russia in 10 August 1943, aged 34. He had already been wounded in action.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Franz Cisar gefallen. In: Salzburger Zeitung. Salzburger Landeszeitung. Salzburger Volksblatt, 30. August 1943, S. 4. Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek. 2 April 2022. From National Library of Austria (German language.)
  2. Web site: 1934 FIFA World Cup Austrian’s squad . FIFA . 28 May 2023 . 11 June 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070611202516/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43934.html . bot: unknown .
  3. Web site: Franz Cisar . FC Metz . 3 June 2023.
  4. Web site: Franz Cizar . Football Database . 3 June 2023.
  5. Web site: 1934 FIFA World Cup Austrian’s squad . FIFA . 3 June 2023 . 11 June 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070611202516/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43934.html . bot: unknown .
  6. Web site: Family Obituary Franz Cisar . Das Kleine Blatt.