Leopold Resch

Leopold  Resch (11 October 1900 – 18 January  1971) was an Austrian football player. He played as midfielder for SC Wacker Wien and the Austrian national football team.
Career
Resch began his football career at Wacker in 1913 at the age of thirteen. Apart from a brief interlude with Meidlinger Sportfreunde, he remained loyal to them throughout his entire career. From 1917 on he played in his favorite position of center half for Wacker until 1929. The greatest success was reaching the cup final in 1923.
International career
Resch played 16 matches for the Austrian national football team. He debuted on 15 January 1922 in a 3-3 away match versus Italy. His last match was on 20 March 1927 in a 1-2 home loss versus Czechoslovakia.ÖFB Players profile
International statistics 
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+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoals   Austria 192220192310192560192660192710Total160

After his football career
Poldl Resch worked professionally in his father's trucking company. After his football career he owned a Café (Café Resch) on Schönbrunner Straße in Meidling. He  found the time to continue working at Wacker. He was both manager and board member and also coach of the club until 1937. During the war he worked in Vienna with the Luftwaffen SVIllustrierte Kronen Zeitung, 28. Januar 1940, S. 19 around 1940. After the war he coached the  team from St. Marienkirchen/SchärdingOberösterreichische Nachrichten, 6. November 1945, S. 4
References

Category:1900 births
Category:1971 deaths
Category:Association football midfielders
Category:Austrian footballers
Category:Players of the Austrian national football team
Category:Austrian football managers
Category:Austrian football midfielders