Walter Kollmann (17 June 1932 – 16 May 2017)[1] was an Austrian footballer.
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| Full name | Walter Kollmann | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 June 1932 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Austria | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 May 2017 (aged 84) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1951–1960 | Wacker Wien | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1952–1958 | Austria | 16 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Career
During his club career he played for Wacker Wien. Kollmann earned 16 caps for the Austria national football team, and participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and the 1958 FIFA World Cup.[2] He also represented Austria at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[3]
Personal life
On 26 May 1959, Kollmann crashed into two people in Vienna during a drunk driving incident, killing a woman and injuring a student. In November 1959, he was sentenced to ten months in prison.[4]
References
External links
- Walter Kollmann at WorldFootball.net
- Walter Kollmann at Weltfussball.de at archive.today (archived 2013-02-12) (in German)
- Walter Kollmann at National-Football-Teams.com
- Walter Kollmann's obituary (in German)