Anton Schall

Anton Schall

Personal information
Full name	Anton Schall
Date of birth	(1907-06-22)22 June 1907
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	5 August 1947(1947-08-05) (aged 40)
Place of death	Zürich, Switzerland
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1922–1923	Leopoldauer SC
1923–1925	Jedlersdorf
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1925–1941	SK Admira Wien
National team
1927–1934	Austria	28	(27)
Teams managed
1946–1947	FC Basel
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Anton Schall (born 22 June 1907 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, died 5 August 1947 in Zurich, Switzerland) was an Austrian football player. He played as forward for SK Admira Wien and the Austrian national football team.

Club career

He started his career with Leopoldauer SC and Jedlersdorf. 1925 he went to SK Admira Wien. In the last years, the trained striker played as defender. In 1941, Schall ended his playing career. 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931 and 1932 he was five times Austria's top scorer.

Career statistics

Club	Season	Austrian First League		Austrian Cup		Mitropa Cup		Friendlies		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Admira Vienna	1925–26	10	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7
	1926–27	23	27	4	8	0	0	0	0	27	35
	1927–28	23	36	5	7	2	2	0	0	30	45
	1928–29	22	21	3	6	4	2	0	0	29	29
	1929–30	20	21	2	5	0	0	0	0	22	26
	1930–31	18	25	8	13	0	0	0	0	26	38
	1931–32	22	22	4	6	2	0	0	0	28	28
	1932–33	21	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	23	24
	1933–34	18	17	5	14	1	1	0	0	24	32
	1934–35	18	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	15
	1936–36	15	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	17	8
	1936–37	22	4	3	1	4	1	0	0	29	6
	1937–38	15	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	17	5
	1938–39	17	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	4
	1939–40	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	1940–41	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
	1941–42	1	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	9	2
	Total	288	234	52	64	13	6	0	0	353	304

International

Austria

• Central European International Cup: 1931-32
• Central European International Cup: Runner-up: 1927-30
• FIFA World Cup: Semifinals - fourth place: 1934

International goals

Austria's goal tally first

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	22 May 1927	Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria	Belgium	2–1	4–1	Friendly
2.				4–1
3.	27 October 1929	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern, Switzerland	Switzerland	3–1	3–1	1927–30 Central European International Cup
4.	16 November 1930	Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria	Sweden	3–1	4–1	Friendly
5.	16 May 1931	Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria	Scotland	1–0	5–0
6.	24 May 1931	Deutsches Stadion, Berlin, Germany	Germany	1–0	6–0
7.				3–0
8.				5–0
9.	13 September 1931	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Germany	2–0	5–0
10.	29 November 1931	Nordstern, Basel, Switzerland	Switzerland	3–1	8–1	1931-32 Central European International Cup
11.				7–1
12.				8–1
13.	24 April 1932	Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria	Hungary	4–1	8–2	Friendly
14.				5–2
15.				7–2
16.				8–2
17.	2 October 1932	Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary	Hungary	1–1	3–2
18.	23 October 1932	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Switzerland	2–0	3–1	1931-32 Central European International Cup
19.				3–0
20.	11 December 1932	Jubilee Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	1–0	6–1	Friendly
21.				2–0
22.				3–0
23.				4–0
24.	1 October 1933	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Hungary	2–0	2–2
25.	29 November 1933	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	2–2	2–2
26.	15 April 1934	Praterstadion, Vienna, Austria	Hungary	3–2	5–2
27.	27 May 1934	Stadio Benito Mussolini, Turin, Italy	France	2–1	3–2	1934 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Player:

• 7 × Austrian Champion (1927, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939)
• 4 × Austrian Cup (1928, 1932, 1933, 1934)
• 5 × Top scorer (1927, 1928, 1929, 1931 und 1932)

Individual:

• The Anton-Schall-Gasse in Wien-Floridsdorf (21st district) was named after him in 1985.

Manager

• 1 × Swiss Cup (FC Basel 1947)