Theodor Wagner (footballer) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Theodor "Turl" Wagner is a former Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n footballer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

International career

He made his debut for Austria

Austria national football team

The Austria national football team is the association football team that represents the country of Austria in international competition and is controlled by the Austrian Football Association ....

in a November 1946 friendly match against Switzerland

Switzerland national football team

The Swiss national football team is the national football team of Switzerland...

and was a participant at the 1954 FIFA World Cup

1954 FIFA World Cup

The 1954 FIFA World Cup, the fifth staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerland was chosen as hosts in July 1946. The tournament set a number of all-time records for goal-scoring, including the highest average goals scored per game...

, where he scored a hat-trick in the 7-5 quarterfinal win over Switzerland

Austria v Switzerland (1954)

On June 26, 1954, in a quarterfinal match of the 1954 Football World Cup, Austria beat Switzerland 7–5 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The 12 goals scored in the match set a World Cup record, unequalled to date, for the highest scoring match ever...

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He earned 46 caps, scoring 22 goals. His last international was a March 1957 friendly match against West Germany.

External links

Career stats - National Football Teams

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