Otto Fischer
Otto Fischer (* 1 January 1901 in Vienna, † July 1941 in Liepāja) was an Austrian football player. He played as forward for different teams in Vienna and in the Austrian national football team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Otto Fischer | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1901 | ||
| Place of birth | Vienna, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 1 July 1941 (aged 40) | ||
| Place of death | Liepaja, Latvia | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1920–1921 | ASV Hertha Wien | ||
| 1921 | Karlsbader FK | ||
| 1923–1926 | First Vienna FC | ||
| 1926–1930 | Hakoah Vienna | ||
| National team | |||
| 1923–1928 | Austria | 7 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1930–1931 | Mačva Šabac | ||
| 1931-1932 | FC Salzburg | ||
| 1932–1934 | DSV Saaz | ||
| 1934–1935 | Concordia Zagreb | ||
| 1936–1941 | Olimpia Liepaja | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
He started at ASV Hertha Wien, where he also made his first appearances in the top league. In 1921 he accepted an offer from German Bohemia and played for Karlsbader FK for two years. He then returned to First Vienna FC. In his three years at the club, they were runners-up twice and also reached the ÖFB Cup final twice. After losing their entire forward line to New York clubs as a result of their first tour of North America, SC Hakoah Wien were forced to find other forwards and one of the newcomers was Fischer. At the beginning of 1928 he went to SC Wacker Wien. Then he went back to Hakoah, but had to end his career early due to a knee injury. [1]
International career
He made his international debut in September 1923 in a 2-0 loss to Hungary in Budapest. He made his seventh and last game in national dress in October 1928 against Switzerland.
Managing career
After the end of his playing career he became manager of the Serbian club FK Mačva Šabac. Then he coached FC Salzburg. In 1932 he took over training at DSV Saaz, where he stayed for two years. 1934 he went back to Yugoslavia to HŠK Concordia Zagreb. From 1936 on he worked in Latvia, where he was a coach of Olympia Libau. He was in 1936, 1938 and 1939 Latvian football champion with the club. [2]
Death
Being of jewish origin he was killed in the Liepāja massacres in July 1941.[3] Also his wife Anna Fischer fell victim to the National Socialists.The majority of Fischer's family living in Vienna were also murdered by the National Socialists. His mother Netty Fischer was killed in the Theresienstadt ghetto in 1943. His brother Hugo Fischer, his wife Ilona and their daughter Gerda did not survive the 1942 deportation to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Only his sister Ernestine and her two children Paul and Alice survived the Nazi terror. [4]