Anton Schall

**Anton Schall** (born 22 June 1907 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, died 5 August 1947 in Zurich, Switzerland) was an Austrian football player. He played as forward for SK Admira Wien and the Austrian national football team.

## Club career

He started his career with Leopoldauer SC and Jedlersdorf. 1925 he went to  SK Admira Wien. In the last years, the trained striker played as defender. In 1941, Schall ended his playing career. 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931 and 1932 he was five times Austria's top scorer.

## Career statistics

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=2|Austrian First League|colspan=2|Austrian Cup|colspan=2|Mitropa Cup|colspan=2|Friendlies|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=20|Admira Vienna|1925–26|10|7|0|0|0|0|0|0|10|7||
|1926–27|23|27|4|8|0|0|0|0|27|35||||
|1927–28|23|36|5|7|2|2|0|0|30|45||||
|1928–29|22|21|3|6|4|2|0|0|29|29||||
|1929–30|20|21|2|5|0|0|0|0|22|26||||
|1930–31|18|25|8|13|0|0|0|0|26|38||||
|1931–32|22|22|4|6|2|0|0|0|28|28||||
|1932–33|21|22|2|2|0|0|0|0|23|24||||
|1933–34|18|17|5|14|1|1|0|0|24|32||||
|1934–35|18|15|0|0|0|0|0|0|18|15||||
|1936–36|15|8|2|0|0|0|0|0|17|8||||
|1936–37|22|4|3|1|4|1|0|0|29|6||||
|1937–38|15|5|2|0|0|0|0|0|17|5||||
|1938–39|17|4|1|0|0|0|0|0|18|4||||
|1939–40|11|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|11|0||||
|1940–41|12|0|3|0|0|0|0|0|15|0||||
|1941–42|1|0|8|2|0|0|0|0|9|2||||

## International

- Austria
- Central European International Cup: 1931-32
- Central European International Cup: Runner-up: 1927-30
- FIFA World Cup: Semifinals - fourth place: 1934

## International matches and goals by year

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Austria|1927|2|2|
|1928|1|0|||
|1929|1|1|||
|1930|1|1|||
|1931|7|9|||
|1932|6|10|||
|1933|7|2|||
|1934|3|2|||

## International goals

<small>Austria's goal tally first</small>
|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1.|22 May 1927|Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria||**2**–1|4–1|Friendly|
|2.|**4**–1||||||
|3.|27 October 1929|Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, Switzerland||**3**–1|3–1|1927–30 Central European International Cup|
|4.|16 November 1930|Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria||**3**–1|4–1|Friendly|
|5.|16 May 1931|Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria||**1**–0|5–0||
|6.|24 May 1931|Deutsches Stadion, Berlin, Germany||**1**–0|6–0||
|7.|**3**–0||||||
|8.|**5**–0||||||
|9.|13 September 1931|Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria||**2**–0|5–0||
|10.|29 November 1931|Nordstern, Basel, Switzerland||**3**–1|8–1|1931-32 Central European International Cup|
|11.|**7**–1||||||
|12.|**8**–1||||||
|13.|24 April 1932|Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria||**4**–1|8–2|Friendly|
|14.|**5**–2||||||
|15.|**7**–2||||||
|16.|**8**–2||||||
|17.|2 October 1932|Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary||**1**–1|3–2||
|18.|23 October 1932|Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria||**2**–0|3–1|1931-32 Central European International Cup|
|19.|**3**–0||||||
|20.|11 December 1932|Jubilee Stadium, Brussels, Belgium||**1**–0|6–1|Friendly|
|21.|**2**–0||||||
|22.|**3**–0||||||
|23.|**4**–0||||||
|24.|1 October 1933|Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria||**2**–0|2–2||
|25.|29 November 1933|Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland||**2**–2|2–2||
|26.|15 April 1934|Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria||**3**–2|5–2||
|27.|27 May 1934|Stadio Benito Mussolini, Turin, Italy||**2**–1|3–2|1934 FIFA World Cup|

## Honours

**Player:**
- 7 × Austrian Champion (1927, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939)
- 4 × Austrian Cup (1928, 1932, 1933, 1934)
- 5 × Top scorer (1927, 1928, 1929, 1931 und 1932)
**Individual:**
- The Anton-Schall-Gasse in Wien-Floridsdorf (21st district) was named after him in 1985.
**Manager**
- 1 ×  Swiss Cup (FC Basel 1947)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Anton Schall
- **fullname**: Anton Schall
- **birth place**: Vienna, Austria-Hungary
- **death place**: Zürich, Switzerland
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **youthyears1**: 1922–1923
- **youthclubs1**: Leopoldauer SC
- **youthyears2**: 1923–1925
- **youthclubs2**: Jedlersdorf
- **years1**: 1925–1941
- **clubs1**: SK Admira Wien
- **nationalyears1**: 1927–1934
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 28
- **nationalgoals1**: 27
- **manageryears1**: 1946–1947
- **managerclubs1**: FC Basel