Walter Kollmann

Walter Kollmann (17 June 1932 – 16 May 2017)^[1] was an Austrian footballer.

Walter Kollmann

Personal information
Full name	Walter Kollmann
Date of birth	(1932-06-17)17 June 1932
Place of birth	Austria
Date of death	16 May 2017(2017-05-16) (aged 84)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1960	Wacker Wien
International career
1952–1958	Austria	16	(0)
Medal record Representing  Austria FIFA World Cup 1954 Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

During his club career he played for Wacker Wien. Kollmann earned 16 caps for the Austria national football team, and participated in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and the 1958 FIFA World Cup.^[2] He also represented Austria at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[3]

Personal life

On 26 May 1959, Kollmann crashed into two people in Vienna during a drunk driving incident, killing a woman and injuring a student. In November 1959, he was sentenced to ten months in prison.^[4]

References

1. "Trauer Um Walter Kollmann" (in German). ÖFB. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
2. . FIFA. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
3. "Walter Kollmann". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
4. "Calciatore austriaco condannato per un mortale incidente d'auto". La Stampa. 11 November 1959. p. 8. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

External links

• Walter Kollmann at WorldFootball.net
• Walter Kollmann at Weltfussball.de at archive.today (archived 2013-02-12) (in German)
• Walter Kollmann at National-Football-Teams.com
• Walter Kollmann's obituary (in German)