Leo Baumgartner

Leo Baumgartner (14 March 1932 - 17 November 2013) was an Austrian-Australian football player and coach. He represented both Austria and Australia in non-official matches.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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Leo Baumgartner
Personal information
Full name	Leopold Baumgartner
Date of birth	(1932-03-14)14 March 1932
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death	17 November 2013(2013-11-17) (aged 81)
Place of death	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	WFC 20
	Wiener AC
	SK Rapid Wien
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1953	Kapfenberger SV
1953–1958	FK Austria Wien	66	(40)
1958–1959	Sydney FC Prague		(49)
1960	Canterbury-Marrickville		(30)
1961	South Coast United	4	(2)
1961–1963	APIA Leichhardt		(47)
1964–1965	Sydney Hakoah		(6)
Managerial career
1961	South Coast United
1961–1963	APIA Leichhardt
1962	APIA Leichhardt
1962	Sydney Croatia
1965	Sutherland
1970	SSC Yugal
1972–1973	Sydney FC Prague
1974	Marconi Stallions FC
1975	Concordia College
2009	Coffs Coast Tigers
2011	Sawtell Scorpions
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Perspective

After playing youth football with Rapid Vienna and Kapfenberger SV, Baumgartner began his senior career with FK Austria. Between 1953 and 1958, Baumgartner played 69 times for the team from Vienna.^[5]^[6]

In 1957, Baumgartner toured Australia with FK Austria, playing a large part in the Austrian team winning nine of eleven matches.^[1] The following year, he and team-mate Karol Jaros were signed by Sydney team Prague without a transfer fee being paid to FK Austria. A complaint by the club led to the Australian Soccer Association being fined and suspended by FIFA over a series of similar transfer infractions.^[7]^[8]^[9]

South Coast and APIA

Baumgartner was managing a migrant canteen in Unanderra, close to the home of South Coast United. The Secretary of the club, Trevor Birch, convinced Baumgarter to join as a player-coach which included managing the junior teams also.^[10] Baumgartner struggled at the beginning of the season and had told the club that the prospects weren't bright for the season. APIA were also struggling at the time and their board member Jim Bayutti was trying to acquire Baumgarter's services to help rectify the situation. Baumgarter was agreeable to a transfer to APIA citing that he "was costing the club so much money" and "with the money Apia was prepared to pay, [they] could buy [the] players [necessary to build a good team]".^[10] The committees negotiated a deal which included the transfer of APIA players, Roberts, Marshall and Trisic for Baumgarter and his brother, Kurt, prior to the start of Round 5.

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Playing career

South Coast and APIA

Honours

Player

Coach

Personal

References

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