Karl Rainer

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Karl Rainer
Personal information
Date of birth (1901-07-01)1 July 1901
Date of death 9 June 1987(1987-06-09) (aged 85)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
FC Sturm 07
–1938 Vienna
1940 Vienna
National team
1924–1935 Austria 39 (0)
Teams managed
SC Wacker Wien
Wiener AC
1948–1949 Vienna
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Karl Rainer (1 July 1901 – 9 June 1987) was an Austrian footballer and coach.He played as defender for First Vienna FC. He also played for the Austrian national football team.[1]

Career[change | change source]

Karl Rainer began his football career at FC Sturm 07. Then he went to the first division club First Vienna FC 1894. Karl Rainer was a regular player for Vienna between 1921 and 1938. He played 882 matches for Vienna .

National team[change | change source]

He played 39 matches for the Austrian national football team between 1924 and 1935.

Manager[change | change source]

In the early 1940s, Rainer was the coach of SC Wacker Vienna. In 1942 he played again for Vienna due to a lack of players. After the end of the war he worked as a coach at Wiener AC, Vienna and SC Justiz.

Rainer and the NSDAP[change | change source]

On 16 August 1940, Rainer applied for admission to the NSDAP and was admitted on 1 October (membership number 8,458,973).[2] According to Eva Menasse, in October 1938 he "aryanized" the apartment of her grandparents Richard and Adolphine Menasse at Döblinger Hauptstraße 13.[3]

Honours[change | change source]

  • Austrian Champion: 1931, 1933
  • Austrian Cup: 1929, 1930, 1937
  • Mitropacup: 1931

References[change | change source]

  1. "National team stats". austriasoccer.at. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. Bundesarchiv R 9361-IX KARTEI/34211498
  3. Kurier.at