Paul Halla | |
Fullname: | Paul Halla |
Birth Date: | 10 April 1931 |
Birth Place: | Graz, Austria |
Death Place: | Vienna, Austria |
Position: | Defender |
Years1: | 1950–1951 |
Years2: | 1951–1953 |
Years3: | 1953–1965 |
Years4: | 1965–1967 |
Clubs1: | Sturm Graz |
Clubs2: | Grazer AK |
Clubs3: | Rapid Wien |
Clubs4: | Helfort |
Caps2: | 47 |
Caps3: | 289 |
Goals2: | 24 |
Goals3: | 39 |
Nationalyears1: | 1952–1965 |
Nationalteam1: | Austria |
Nationalcaps1: | 34 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Paul Halla (10 April 1931 – 6 December 2005) was an Austrian footballer.
He played for SK Sturm Graz, Grazer AK and SK Rapid Wien (1953–1965). He skippered Rapid in his final season there.
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.
He died in a Vienna hospital in December 2005 after stomach surgery.[1] [2]