Josef Uridil
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 December 1895 | ||
| Place of birth | Ottakring, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 20 May 1962 (aged 66) | ||
| Position(s) |
Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sportklub Orion | |||
| Tasmania | |||
| Rekord | |||
| Blue Star | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1910–1912 | Romania Ottakring | ||
| 1912–1914 | Blue Star | ||
| 1914–1925 | Rapid Wien | ||
| 1925–1926 | First Vienna | ||
| 1926–1927 | Rapid Wien | ||
| 1929–1930 |
Bari | ||
| International career | |||
| 1919–1926 | Austria | 8 | (8) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1929–1930 |
Bari | ||
| 1931–1933 | ZFC Zaandam[1][2] | ||
| 1933–1934 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam[3][4] | ||
| 1934 | Ripensia Timișoara | ||
| 1934 | Romania | ||
| 1934–1935 | SPC Helfort | ||
| 1935–1936 | BSK Belgrade | ||
| 1936–1937 |
FC Biel | ||
| 1936–1937 | FC Luzern | ||
| 1938–1941 |
Schwarz-Weiß Essen | ||
| 1941–1943 | VfL Altenbögge | ||
| 1949–1951 |
Schwarz-Weiß Essen | ||
| 1953–1954 | Rapid Wien | ||
| 1954–1957 | Jahn Regensburg | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Josef Uridil (nicknamed Pepi, der Tank) (24 December 1895 – 20 May 1962), was an Austrian footballer and coach.
Biography
Pepi Uridil, third son of the taylor Kajetan Uridil, was born on Christmas Eve 1895 in the Vienna suburb of Ottakring. He began to play football aged eight in the streets of his neighbourhood with his brother Franz. Pepi Uridil played for numerous clubs in his youth, such as Sportklub Orion, Tasmania, Rekord and then Blue Star Vienne, before leaving for the great club of SK Rapid Wien[5] in Hütteldorf.
During the
Pepi Uridil played for a number of seasons with Rapid, and in 1919, his team won in the final 3-0 against Wiener Sport-Club.
Throughout his career Uridil is said to have scored around 1000 goals.[6]
He was one of the main players in the Championship victory in 1921 against Wiener AC. Dionys Schönecker's men were losing 1–5 at half-time, 3–5 with 15 minutes remaining, and finished with goals from Uridil to win 7–5.
Uridil was also an entrepreneur. He created his own brand of beer, Uridil, and a brand of sugar, Kracheln. The famous Viennese writer Hermann Leopoldi wrote a musical piece named Heute spielt der Uridil ("Today, Uridil is playing") in 1922. Pepi Uridil played a number of film roles, such as Pflicht und Ehre ("Necessity and Honour") in 1924.
At the end of the First World War, he became an Austrian international for the first time. He played for the Austria national football team between 1919 and 1926 and scored eight goals in eight games.[7]
After his retirement from football, Pepi Uridil became a manager of
His team were beaten in the first round by eventual finalists, Czechoslovakia.
He later coached Austrian side
After the
Honours
- Austrian Football Bundesliga (5): 1916, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923
- Austrian Cup (2): 1919, 1920
- Austrian Football Bundesliga top scorer (3): 1919, 1920 (non-official), 1921
References
- ^ "Nieuwe trainer voor Z.F.C." (in Dutch). Het Vaderland. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Z.F.C. verandert van trainer" (in Dutch). Sportkroniek. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Uridil traint Blauw-Wit" (in Dutch). Sportkroniek. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Blauw-Wit krijgt een nieuwen trainer" (in Dutch). Sportkroniek. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "RapidArchiv - Josef Uridil".
- ^ Generazione Wunderteam. 2021. p. 86.
- ^ (in English) Appearances and goals for Austrian internationals at rsssf.com
- RSSSF. Archivedfrom the original on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2010.
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