Karl Braunsteiner
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Date of birth
27 October 1891
Date of death
19 April 1916 (aged 24)
Place of death
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Height
1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
 Karl Braunsteiner and Josef Brandstätter | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 October 1891 | ||
| Date of death | 19 April 1916 (aged 24) | ||
| Place of death | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Wiener SC | |||
| International career | |||
| Austria | 8 | (0) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Karl Braunsteiner (27 October 1891 – 19 April 1916) was an Austrian football (soccer) player.[1]
Regarded as one of the biggest talents of his era, the small defender played for Wiener Sportclub.
During World War I he came to Poland as a gunner. He was captured and died in Tashkent due to typhoid fever as a prisoner of war.[2]
International career
Braunsteiner was a member of the Austrian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics and played two matches in the main tournament as well as three matches in the consolation tournament.[3][4]
For the Austria national football team he played 8 games.
