Erich Probst (* 5 December 1927 in Vienna - † 16 March 1988) was an Austrian footballer.

Playing career

• SK Admira Wien (bis 1949)
• First Vienna FC (1950)
• SK Rapid Wien (1950-1956)
• Wuppertaler SV (1956-1958)
• FC Zürich (1958/59)
• SV Austria Salzburg (1959/60)
• Salzburger AK 1914 (1961)
• First Vienna FC (1962-1963)

International career

He made his debut for Austria in a May 1951 friendly match against Scotland and was a participant at the World Cup tournament 1954 in Switzerland, where he was one of the foremost strikers. Austria reached third place and Probst ended second in the scorer list with 6 goals, behind the Hungarian Sandor Kocsis and jointly with Max Morlock of Germany and the Swiss Josef Hügi.

He earned 19 caps, scoring 17 goals. His final international was a March 1960 European Championship qualification match against France.

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (4):
• 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956
• Zentropa Cup (1):
• 1951

External links

• Rapid stats - Rapid Archive
• Career stats - National Football Teams

References