Leo Baumgartner
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leopold Baumgartner | ||
| Date of birth | 14 March 1932 | ||
| Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
| Date of death | 17 November 2013 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| WFC 20 | |||
| Wiener AC | |||
| SK Rapid Wien | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1951–1953 | Kapfenberger SV | ||
| 1953–1958 | FK Austria Wien | 66 | (40) |
| 1958–1959 | Sydney FC Prague | (49) | |
| 1960 | Canterbury-Marrickville | (30) | |
| 1961 | South Coast United | 4 | (2) |
| 1961–1963 | APIA Leichhardt | (47) | |
| 1964–1965 | Sydney Hakoah | (6) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1961 | South Coast United | ||
| 1961–1963 | APIA Leichhardt | ||
| 1962 | APIA Leichhardt | ||
| 1962 | Sydney Croatia | ||
| 1965 | Sutherland | ||
| 1970 | SSC Yugal | ||
| 1972–1973 | Sydney FC Prague | ||
| 1974 | Marconi Stallions FC | ||
| 1975 | Concordia College | ||
| 2009 | Coffs Coast Tigers | ||
| 2011 | Sawtell Scorpions | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Leo Baumgartner (14 March 1932 - 17 November 2013) was an Austrian-Australian football player and coach. He represented both Austria and Australia in non-official matches.[1][2][3][4]
Playing career
[edit]After playing youth football with Rapid Vienna and Kapfenberger SV, Baumgartner began his senior career with FK Austria. Between 1953 and 1958, Baumgartner played 69 times for the team from Vienna.[5][6]
In 1957, Baumgartner toured Australia with FK Austria, playing a large part in the Austrian team winning nine of eleven matches.[1] The following year, he and team-mate Karol Jaros were signed by Sydney team Prague without a transfer fee being paid to FK Austria. A complaint by the club led to the Australian Soccer Association being fined and suspended by FIFA over a series of similar transfer infractions.[7][8][9]
South Coast and APIA
[edit]Baumgartner was managing a migrant canteen in Unanderra, close to the home of South Coast United. The Secretary of the club, Trevor Birch, convinced Baumgarter to join as a player-coach which included managing the junior teams also.[10] Baumgartner struggled at the beginning of the season and had told the club that the prospects weren't bright for the season. APIA were also struggling at the time and their board member Jim Bayutti was trying to acquire Baumgarter's services to help rectify the situation. Baumgarter was agreeable to a transfer to APIA citing that he "was costing the club so much money" and "with the money Apia was prepared to pay, [they] could buy [the] players [necessary to build a good team]".[10] The committees negotiated a deal which included the transfer of APIA players, Roberts, Marshall and Trisic for Baumgarter and his brother, Kurt, prior to the start of Round 5.
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]- NSW First Division Premier: 1959[11]
- NSW First Division Champion: 1959
- Ampol Cup: 1959[11]
- NSW First Division Champion: 1960[12]
Coach
[edit]Personal
[edit]- Football Australia Hall of Fame inductee: 2001
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Leo Baumgartner". Football Australia. 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Football community mourns the passing of 'Little Professor'". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. 19 November 2013.
- ^ "Vale Leo Baumgartner". MyFootball. Football Australia. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ King, Ronolo (23 November 2013). "Little professor' leaves behind a massive legacy". Coffs Coast Advocate.
- ^ "Leopold Baumgartner". Austria Wien Archiv. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Hay, Roy (2 May 2011). "The Little Professor of Soccer". Goal! Weekly. p. 9. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ Ticher, Mike (4 March 1995). "The man who sparked a soccer revolution". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 70. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "£48,100 'bill' for soccer players". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 August 1961. p. 11. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "No comment on banned players". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 December 1959. p. 23. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ a b Leo Baumgartner (1968). "The Little Professor of Soccer". p. 77–78. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Prague defeats Apia 3-2 in grand-final". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 October 1959. p. 19. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Watch these in 1961". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 January 1961. p. 42. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
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