Georg Schmidt (footballer)
Austrian football manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Georg Schmidt (7 April 1927 – 6 July 1990) was an Austrian football (soccer) former manager.[1]
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Date of birth | (1927-04-07)7 April 1927 | ||
Place of birth | Austria | ||
Date of death | 6 July 1990(1990-07-06) (aged 63) | ||
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1982 | Austria |
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Most notably he was co-manager of the Austria national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, with Felix Latzke, and was thus credited with infamy for the Shame of Gijón, a somewhat dubious 0-1 loss to West Germany.