Leopold Grausam

**Leopold Grausam** (29 June 1943 – 8 September 2023) was an Austrian retired footballer. He played mainly for SK Rapid Wien as striker. He also played for the Austrian national football team.

## Career

His first club was FC Hellas Kagran, where he played from 1953 to 1956. He then moved to SV Pressbaum and finally came in 1958 in the youth department of SK Rapid Wien. Leopold Grausam made his debut in the A-League against Kapfenberg SV on10 November 1963. He scored four goals in the 5-0 home win. Already in his first season in 1963–64 he was Austrian champion and also in 1966/67 and 1967/68. He won the  ÖFB Cup in 1968 and 1969.

In 1970 he moved to FC Wacker Innsbruck for a season and won his fourth championship title. Internationally, he made a name for himself when he scored the winning goal in the 1-0 win over Real Madrid in the European Cup Winners' Cup.  After another season at Linzer ASK, Leopold Grausam ended his career in the Swiss National League A with FC Grenchen and in the Austrian Regional League East with SV Rechnitz.

## International

He made his debut FOR the Austrian national team under Béla Guttmann on 12 April 1964 against the Netherlands. His last match was on 5 November 1967 in a 1-1 draw against Greece. He played 8 matches and scored 3 goals.

### International statistics

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Austria|1964|3|0|
|1965|1|0|||
|1967|4|3|||

- _Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each  Grausam goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|24 September 1967|Praterstadion,  Vienna,  Austria||2-1|2-1|UEFA Euro 1968 qualification||||||||
|2|4 October 1967|Karaiskakis-Stadion,  Piräus,  Greece||1-2|1-4|UEFA Euro 1968 qualification||||||||
|3|15 October 1967|Praterstadion,  Vienna,  Austria|Sowjetunion|1-0|1-0|UEFA Euro 1968 qualification||||||||

## Manager

He managed SV Gablitz,  Floridsdorfer AC,  ASK-BSC Bruck/Leitha and Gaswerk/Straßenbahn.

## Honours

- 2 × European Cup Quarterfinals: 1967, 1969
- 1 × Footballer of the year: 1967
- 4 × Austrian Bundesliga: 1964, 1967, 1968, 1971
- 2 × Austrian Cup: 1968, 1969
- 8 matches and 3 goals   for the Austrian national football team from 1964 to 1967

## Other websites

- Rapid Archiv

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Leopold Grausam
- **image**: Leopold Grausam (1964).jpg
- **caption**: Grausam in 1964
- **birth place**: Pressbaum, Austria within Nazi Germany, Austria
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **youthyears1**: 1953–1956
- **youthclubs1**: Hellas Kagran
- **youthyears2**: 1956–1958
- **youthclubs2**: SV Pressbaum
- **youthyears3**: 1958–1963
- **youthclubs3**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien
- **years1**: 1963–1970
- **clubs1**: SK Rapid Wien, Rapid Wien
- **caps1**: 142
- **goals1**: 58
- **years2**: 1970–1971
- **clubs2**: FC Wacker Innsbruck, Wacker Innsbruck
- **caps2**: 1
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 1971–1972
- **clubs3**: LASK
- **caps3**: 4
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 1972–1973
- **clubs4**: FC Grenchen
- **nationalyears1**: 1964–1967
- **nationalteam1**: Austria national football team, Austria
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 3
- **manageryears1**: 1978–1980
- **managerclubs1**: SV Leobendorf
- **manageryears2**: 1983–1984
- **managerclubs2**: SV Gablitz
- **manageryears3**: 1984–1985
- **managerclubs3**: Floridsdorfer AC
- **manageryears4**: 1991–1992
- **managerclubs4**: ASK-BSC Bruck/Leitha
- **manageryears5**: 1999–2000
- **managerclubs5**: Gaswerk/Straßenbahn