Walter Horak

{{Short description|Austrian footballer (1931–2019)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Walter Horak

| image =

| fullname = Walter Horak

| height = {{Height|m=1.79|precision=0}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|6|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Marchegg, Austria

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|12|24|1931|6|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Vienna, Austria

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Marchegg

| youthclubs2 = FC Stadlau

| youthclubs3 = Leopoldsdorf

| years1 = 1954–1959

| years2 = 1959–1960

| years3 = 1961

| years4 = 1961–1962

| years5 = 1962

| years6 = 1962–1966

| years7 = 1966–1967

| clubs1 = Wiener Sport Club

| clubs2 = SC Wacker Wien

| clubs3 = Grazer AK

| clubs4 = Austria Wien

| clubs5 = FC Sochaux

| clubs6 = 1. Schwechater SC

| clubs7 = Austria Klagenfurt

| caps1 = 121

| caps2 = 9

| caps3 = 12

| caps4 = 10

| caps5 = 19

| caps6 = 71

| caps7 = 1

| goals1 = 83

| goals2 = 1

| goals3 = 3

| goals4 = 2

| goals5 = 6

| goals6 = 14

| goals7 = 0

| totalcaps = 243

| totalgoals = 109

| nationalyears1 = 1954–1960

| nationalteam1 = Austria

| nationalcaps1 = 13

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| manageryears1 =

| managerclubs1 =

}}

File:Österrike 1958.jpg in 1958 with the following players – from left to right, standing; Walter Horak, Ernst Happel, Karl Koller, Alfred Körner, Paul Halla, Walter Schleger; crouched: Helmut Senekowitsch, Gerhard Hanappi, Rudolf Szanwald, Franz Swoboda and Johann Buzek.]]

Walter Horak (1 June 1931 – 24 December 2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.krone.at/2067731|title = Sportclub-Legende Walter Horak gestorben}} was an Austrian football player.

Club career

Horak played for several clubs, including Austria Wien, SC Wacker Wien, Grazer AK, and FC Sochaux (France). But with Wiener Sport Club he won two league titles and he topped the final goalscorers chart once.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in November 1954 against Hungary and was a participant at the 1958 FIFA World Cup and the 1960 European Nations' Cup where he scored against France. He earned 13 caps, scoring 3 goals.

Honours

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