Theodor Wagner

Theodor Wagner
Personal information
Full name	Theodor Wagner
Date of birth	6 August 1927
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death	21 January 2020 (aged 92)
Place of death	Vienna, Austria
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Theodor Wagner (6 August 1927 – 21 January 2020) was an Austrian footballer. He played as a striker mainly for SC Wacker Wien and the Austrian national football team.

Club career

Turl Wagner began his career with the small district clubs Phönix XII and MFC 12 before joining Wacker Wien in 1940. He had the biggest success with the club celebrating the double in 1947. At the end of his career he played from 1958 to 1962 at SV Stickstoff Linz and then at FC Wacker Innsbruck. As a coach, Turl Wagner returned to SC Wacker Wien for a season in 1964.

International career

He made his debut for Austria 1946 in friendly match against Switzerland and was a player at the 1954 FIFA World Cup,^[1] There he scored a hat-trick in the legendary 7–5 quarterfinal win over Switzerland. This was the highest scoring match in Worldcup history. He earned 46 caps, scoring 22 goals.^[2] His last international was a March 1957 friendly match against West Germany. He was also part of Austria's squad for the football tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.^[3]

International statistics

^[4]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	1946	2	0
	1947	1	0
	1948	5	2
	1949	2	0
	1950	5	6
	1951	3	3
	1952	2	0
	1953	6	2
	1954	9	4
	1955	5	1
	1956	5	3
	1957	1	1
Total		46	22

Scores and results list Austrias's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wagner goal.

List of international goals scored by Theodor Wagner
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 May 1948	Prater Stadion, Vienna , Austria	Hungary	2-2	3-2	Gerö-Cup
2	14 November 1948	Prater Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Sweden	1-0	2-1	Friendly match
3	8 October 1950	Prater Stadion, Vienna , Austria	Yugoslavia	3-0	7-2	Friendly match
4	29 October 1950	Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	1-2	3-4	Friendly match
5	29 October 1950	Megyeri úti Stadion, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	2-2	3-4	Friendly match
6	5 November 1950	Prater Stadion, Vienna , Austria	Denmark	2-1	5-1	Friendly match
7				3-1
8				4-1
9	27 May 1951	Prater Stadion, Vienna , Austria	Scotland	3-0	4-0	Friendly match
10	27 May 1951	Prater Stadion, Vienna , Austria	Scotland	4-0	4-0	Friendly match
11	17 June 1951	Idraetsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	2-0	3-3	Friendly match
12	27 September 1953	Prater Stadion, Vienna , Austria	Portugal	8-1	9-1	1954 FIFA World Cup qualification
13	11 October 1953	Prater Stadion, Vienna , Austria	Hungary	2-3	2-3	Friendly match
14	26 June 1954	Prater Stadion, Vienna , Austria	Switzerland	1-3	7-5	1954 FIFA World Cup
15				3-3
16				6-4
17	31 October 1954	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	Sweden	1-1	1-2	Friendly match
18	23 November 1955	The Racecourse, Wrexham, Wales	Wales	1-0	2-1	Friendly match
19	2 May 1956	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	1-1	1-1	Friendly match
20	30 September 1956	Prater Stadion, Vienna , Austria	Luxembourg	4-0	7-0	1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
21	30 September 1956	Prater Stadion, Vienna , Austria	Luxembourg	6-0	7-0	1958 FIFA World Cup qualification
22	10 March 1957	Prater Stadion, Vienna , Austria	Germany	1-2	2-3	Friendly match