Kurt Schmied Explained

Kurt Schmied
Fullname:Kurt Schmied
Height:1.75 m[1]
Birth Date:14 June 1926
Death Place:Vienna, Austria
Years1:1946–1947
Years2:1947–1952
Years3:1952–1965
Years4:1965–1966
Clubs1:SC Helfort Wien
Clubs4:Austria Wien
Caps4:8
Goals4:0
Nationalyears1:1954–1960
Nationalteam1:Austria
Nationalcaps1:38
Nationalgoals1:0

Kurt Schmied (14 June 1926 – 9 December 2007) was a goalkeeper for First Vienna FC and Austria national football team.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in May 1954 against Wales. He represented Austria during the FIFA World Cup 1954 and again in 1958.[2] He was a hero of the quarter-final game versus Switzerland in the 1954 finals where he played on despite suffering from a debilitating heatstroke in a game that is often remembered as the Hitzeschlacht von Lausanne, or Heat Battle of Lausanne, and remains notable for being the game with the most goals scored in World Cup final history (Austria won the game, 7-5). He earned 38 caps, no goals scored.

He died in Vienna in December 2007.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kurt Schmied. worldfootball.net. en. 2020-02-09.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20111220065714/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=57698/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments