Theodor Wagner

**Theodor** **Wagner** (6 August 1927 – 21 January 2020) was an Austrian footballer. He played as a striker mainly for SC Wacker Wien and the Austrian national football team.

## Club career

Turl Wagner began his career with the small district clubs Phönix XII and MFC 12 before joining Wacker Wien in 1940. He had the biggest success with the club celebrating the double in 1947. At the end of his career he played from 1958 to 1962 at SV Stickstoff Linz and then  at FC Wacker Innsbruck. As a coach, Turl Wagner returned to SC Wacker Wien for a season in 1964.

## International career

He made his debut for Austria 1946 in friendly match against Switzerland and was a player at the 1954 FIFA World Cup, There he scored a hat-trick in the legendary 7–5 quarterfinal win over Switzerland. This was the highest scoring match in Worldcup history. He earned 46 caps, scoring 22 goals. His last international was a March 1957 friendly match against West Germany. He was also part of Austria's squad for the football tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.

## International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="12"|Austria|1946|2|0|
|1947|1|0|||
|1948|5|2|||
|1949|2|0|||
|1950|5|6|||
|1951|3|3|||
|1952|2|0|||
|1953|6|2|||
|1954|9|4|||
|1955|5|1|||
|1956|5|3|||
|1957|1|1|||
- _Scores and results list Austrias's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wagner  goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|2 May 1948|Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria||2-2|3-2|Gerö-Cup||||||||
|2|14 November 1948|Prater Stadion,  Vienna, Austria||1-0|2-1|Friendly match||||||||
|3|8 October 1950|Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria||3-0|7-2|Friendly match||||||||
|4|29 October 1950|Megyeri úti Stadion,   Budapest,  Hungary||1-2|3-4|Friendly match||||||||
|5|2-2|||||||||||||
|6|5 November 1950|Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria||2-1|5-1|Friendly match||||||||
|7|3-1|||||||||||||
|8|4-1|||||||||||||
|9|27 May 1951|Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria||3-0|4-0|Friendly match||||||||
|10|4-0|||||||||||||
|11|17 June 1951|Idraetsparken,    Copenhagen,  Denmark||2-0|3-3|Friendly match||||||||
|12|27 September 1953|Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria||8-1|9-1|1954 FIFA World Cup  qualification||||||||
|13|11 October 1953|Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria||2-3|2-3|Friendly match||||||||
|14|26 June 1954|Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria||1-3|7-5|1954 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|15|3-3|||||||||||||
|16|6-4|||||||||||||
|17|31 October 1954|Råsunda Stadium,   Stockholm,  Sweden||1-1|1-2|Friendly match||||||||
|18|23 November 1955|The Racecourse,   Wrexham,   Wales||1-0|2-1|Friendly match||||||||
|19|2 May 1956|Hampden Park,   Glasgow,   Scotland||1-1|1-1|Friendly match||||||||
|20|30 September 1956|Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria||4-0|7-0|1958 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|21|6-0|||||||||||||
|22|10 March 1957|Prater Stadion,  Vienna , Austria||1-2|2-3|Friendly match||||||||

## Death

Wagner died on 21 January 2020 in Vienna, at the age of 92.

## Honours

- 1 × Austrian Champion: 1947
- 4 × Austrian Champion runner up: 1948, 1951, 1953, 1956
- 1 × Austrian Cup: 1947
- 1 × Mitropacup: 1951

- 1954 FIFA World Cup: 3rd place
- 46 matches and 22 goals Austrian national football team (1946-1957)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Theodor Wagner
- **fullname**: Theodor Wagner
- **birth place**: Vienna, Austria
- **death place**: Vienna, Austria
- **position**: Striker
- **years1**: 1946–1958
- **years2**: 1958–1963
- **years3**: 1963–1964
- **clubs1**: SC Wacker Wien, Wacker Wien
- **clubs2**: SVS Linz, Linz
- **clubs3**: FC Wacker Innsbruck, Wacker Innsbruck
- **caps1**: 292
- **goals1**: 175
- **nationalyears1**: 1946–1957
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 46
- **nationalgoals1**: 22