Otto Fischer (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 January 1901 | ||
| Place of birth | Vienna, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 1 July 1941 (aged 40) | ||
| Place of death | Liepāja, Reichskommissariat Ostland | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1920–1921 | ASV Hertha Wien | ||
| 1921 | Karlsbader FK | ||
| 1923–1926 | First Vienna FC | ||
| 1926–1930 | Hakoah Vienna | ||
| International career | |||
| 1923–1928 | Austria | 7 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1928 | Napoli | ||
| 1931 | Mačva Šabac | ||
| 1932–1934 | DSV Saaz | ||
| 1934–1935 | Concordia Zagreb | ||
| 1936–1941 | Olimpia Liepaja | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Otto Fischer (1 January 1901 – 1 July 1941) was an Austrian football coach and player. He played as left winger.[1] He made 7 appearances for the Austria national football team. He was killed in the Liepāja massacres in Latvia during the Holocaust in Latvia.
Fischer was Jewish and born in the Austrian capital Vienna, back then capital of Austria-Hungary.[2] His parents were Heinrich Fischer, born in 1860 in Jevíčko, Moravia (now the Czech Republic), and Netti Fischer (née Pokorná) born in 1870 in Žebrák.[3]
Fischer played with ASV Hertha Wien in the Austrian National League and Karlsbader FK.[3] He then played six consecutive seasons in the Austrian championship, first as left forward with First Vienna FC (3 seasons, 1923 till 1926), then with Hakoah Vienna (3 seasons, 1926 till 1930[4]) and including a spell with Wacker Wien (half season of 1927–28).[3][5]
Between 1923 and 1928 he made 7 appearances for the Austria national football team.[6] A knee injury ended his playing career.[1]