Erich Probst (5 December 1927 – 16 March 1988) was an Austrian footballer who played as a striker.

International career

Probst made his debut for Austria in a May 1951 friendly match against Scotland and was a participant at the 1954 FIFA 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 six goals, behind the Hungarian Sandor Kocsis and jointly with Max Morlock of Germany and the Swiss Josef Hügi.

Probst earned 19 caps, scoring 18 goals. His final international was a March 1960 European Championship qualification match against France.

Honours

Rapid Wien

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 September 1953Vienna, AustriaPortugal2–09–11954 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.3–0
3.4–0
4.5–0
5.7–1
6.30 May 1954Norway3–05–0Friendly
7.4–0
8.16 June 1954Zürich, SwitzerlandScotland1–01–01954 FIFA World Cup
9.19 June 1954Czechoslovakia2–05–0
10.3–0
11.4–0
12.26 June 1954Lausanne, SwitzerlandSwitzerland7–57–5
13.30 June 1954Basel, SwitzerlandWest Germany1–21–6
14.27 March 1955Brno, CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia1–22–31955–60 Central European International Cup
15.24 April 1955Vienna, AustriaHungary1–12–2
16.2–2
17.1 May 1955Bern, SwitzerlandSwitzerland3–23–2
18.27 March 1960Vienna, AustriaFrance2–22–41960 European Nations' Cup quarter-finals

See also

External links

  • - Rapid Archive
  • at National-Football-Teams.com