Eduard Bauer

Eduard "Edi" Bauer (13 February 1894 - 4 March 1948) was an Austrian football player and coach. He played for SK Rapid Wien and the Austrian national football team as striker. He was also coach of the Austrian national football team.
Career 
He made his debut for Rapid's first team at the age of seventeen in 1911. The first team had completely disbanded in 1910 due to the young club's massive debt. Dionys Schönecker replaced them with promising young players from the youth team, aged only 16 to 18 (f.e. Rigo Kuthan, Krcal, Franz Schediwy and Fritz and Josef Brandstetter ). He sensationally won the first Austrian championship title in the club's history in the inaugural 1911/12 season. In the following years up to 1923, he won the championship seven more times with Rapid. For Rapid he shot 134 goals in 190 appearances. The striker also played in both cup finals in 1919 and 1920, when Rapid won the first two Austrian cup competitions.
International 
Bauer played 23 matches for the Austrian national football team. He scored 13 goals. ÖFB players profile 
International statistics
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+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoals  Austria191210191330191410191512191647191762191831191911192020192110Total2313

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bauer goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Eduard BauerNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition13 October 1915  WAC-Platz,  Vienna, Austria  3-24-2  Friendly match24-237 May 1916  WAF-Platz,  Vienna, Austria  1-13-1  Friendly match42-154 June 1916Hungária út, Budapest,  Hungary   1-21-2    Friendly match61 October 1916  Üllöi ut,  Budapest, Hungary  1-03-2  Friendly match73-185 November 1916  WAF-Platz,  Vienna, Austria  1-03-3  Friendly match93-2103 June 1917WAC-Platz ,  Vienna,  Austria   1-11-1    Friendly match1123 December 1917 Landhof,   Basel,  Switzerland    1-0 1-0   Friendly match1226 December 1917    Utogrund ,  Zürich,  Switzerland  1-1 2-3     Friendly match139 May 1918  WAC-Platz ,  Vienna,  Austria    2-05-1  Friendly match
Coach 
In 1926, Edi Bauer followed Stanley Willmots as Rapid's coach. After winning three league titles and one cup, Bauer left the club in 1936. After the Second World War, Edi Bauer was coach of  the national team .

Death 
Eduard Bauer died in 1948 of complications after an operation.

Honours
Player 
 8 x Austrian Champion: 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923
 2 x Austrian Cup: 1919, 1920
 1 x Final Mitropacup: 1928
 2 x Best scorer: 1917, 1918

Coach
 1 x Mitropacup: 1930
 3 x Austrian Champion: 1929, 1930, 1935
 1 x Austrian Cup: 1927

References 

Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:Austrian football managers
Category:Austria national football team managers
Category:1894 births
Category:1948 deaths
Category:Austrian football forwards
Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga top scorers
Category:Austrian football champions
Category:Sportspeople from Vienna