Joseph Gruber

{{Short description|Austrian footballer (1912–1967)}}

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| name = Joseph Gruber

| image = Joseph Gruber (1963).jpg

| caption = Gruber in 1963

| fullname = Joseph Karl Gruber

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1912|5|4}}

| birth_place = Vienna, Austria-Hungary

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1967|9|29|1912|5|4}}

| death_place = Vienna, Austria

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| position = Midfielder

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| years1 = 1930–1932

| clubs1 = Austria Wien

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| years2 = 1932–1934

| clubs2 = Le Havre

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| years3 = 1935

| clubs3 = Floriana

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| years4 = 1938–1939

| clubs4 = Alemannia Aachen

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| years5 = 1941–1942

| clubs5 = Hamburger SV

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| years6 = 1944–1951

| clubs6 = Alemannia Aachen

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| manageryears1 = 1949

| managerclubs1 = Alemannia Aachen

| manageryears2 = 1954–1957

| managerclubs2 = Vitesse Arnhem

| manageryears3 = 1957–1959

| managerclubs3 = DOS

| manageryears4 = 1959–1961

| managerclubs4 = DWS

| manageryears5 = 1961–1962

| managerclubs5 = DOS

| manageryears6 = 1962–1963

| managerclubs6 = Ajax

| manageryears7 = 1964–1966

| managerclubs7 = Vitesse Arnhem

| manageryears8 = 1967

| managerclubs8 = Pittsburgh Phantoms

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Joseph Karl Gruber (4 May 1912 – 29 September 1967){{Cite web | url=http://www.calcio.com/profilo_giocatori/pepi-gruber/ |title = Pepi Gruber}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/site/article.do?code=LC&date=19671003&id=LC-19671003-7015&words=+gruber%20+ajax%20gruber%20ajax |title = Trainer Pepi Gruber in Wenen overleden - NDC mediagroep - de Krant van Toen}} was an Austrian football player and manager. A midfielder, he played for Austria Wien, French club Le Havre, Maltese side Floriana and in Germany for Alemannia Aachen and Hamburger SV. He managed Dutch side Ajax between 1962 and 1963{{Cite web |url=http://leden.ajax.nl/web/show/id=65625 |title=Ajax - Joseph Gruber |access-date=3 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724143500/http://leden.ajax.nl/web/show/id=65625 |archive-date=24 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} and also coached Alemannia Aachen,{{Cite web | url=http://www.alemannia-aachen.de/archiv/ahnentafel/ |title = Ahnentafel | Archiv | Alemannia Aachen}} DOS,{{Cite web | url=http://geschiedenis.vpro.nl/boeken/bericht/39439174/ |title = Home}}{{Cite news | url=http://kranten.kb.nl/view/article/id/ddd%3A011232995%3Ampeg21%3Ap007%3Aa0149 |title = Pepi Gruber mag Ajax trainen DOS onderhandelt met de Noorse Oostenrijker Kment|newspaper = De Tijd de Maasbode|date = August 1962}} Vitesse Arnhem{{cite web |url=http://www.scarlet.nl/~vitesse/historie/trainers/trainers.html |title=Vitesse; contentframe |website=www.scarlet.nl |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070504071145/http://www.scarlet.nl/~vitesse/historie/trainers/trainers.html |archive-date=4 May 2007 |url-status=dead}} Pittsburgh Phantoms.{{cite web|url=http://national.soccerhall.org/history/NASL_AllTimeCoachesRegistry.htm |title=NASL Coaches Registry |access-date=12 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711153431/http://national.soccerhall.org/history/NASL_AllTimeCoachesRegistry.htm |archive-date=11 July 2010 }}