Walter Kollmann

Walter Kollmann
Personal information
Full name	Walter Kollmann
Date of birth	17 June 1932
Place of birth	Austria
Date of death	16 May 2017 (aged 84)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1951–1960	Wacker Wien
International career
1952–1958	Austria
Medal record
Representing Austria
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Kollmann (17 June 1932 – 16 May 2017)

footballer

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Career

During his club career he played for

Wacker Wien. Kollmann earned 16 caps for the Austria national football team, and participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and the 1958 FIFA World Cup.^[2] He also represented Austria at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[3]

On 26 May 1959, Kollmann crashed into two people in Vienna during a drunk driving incident, killing a woman and injuring a student. In November 1959, he was sentenced to ten months in prison.^[4]

^ "Trauer Um Walter Kollmann" (in German). ÖFB. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
^ "Walter Kollmann". FIFA. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
^ "Walter Kollmann". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
^ "Calciatore austriaco condannato per un mortale incidente d'auto". La Stampa. 11 November 1959. p. 8. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

Walter Kollmann at WorldFootball.net
Walter Kollmann at Weltfussball.de at archive.today (archived 2013-02-12) (in German)
Walter Kollmann at National-Football-Teams.com
Walter Kollmann's obituary (in German)

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