Karl Zischek

Karl Zischek (28 August 1910 – 6 October 1985) was an Austrian footballer who played as a forward for Austria in the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He also played for SC Wacker Wien.
Club career.
Karl Zischek started his career at Wacker in 1929. During the Second World War, Karl Zischek played quite successfully with his club Wacker and narrowly missed winning the "Gauliga Ostmark" several times.In 1947 they won the championship ahead of Rapid and the cup final 4:3 against Austria. This were the only titles in the history of the small club. Younger players like Gerhard Hanappi were the driving forces behind the Meidlingers. So Zischek ended his professional career after this season. After that he was active as a player at Meidlinger FC and SC Preßbaum. In 1950 he took over as coach at VfB Mödling.
Team career.
He debuted for the Austrian national football team on 16 May 1931 versus Scotland and he scored two goals in the 5-0 win. Towards the end of the era of the "Wunderteam" Karl Zischek scored a goal each against France in a 4-0 win and in a 6-1 win over Belgium. 1934 he played in the FIFA World Cup in Italy. After the end of the Second world war he played two games for the team. He played 40 matches for Austria and scored 24 goals.