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