Robert Merz

Robert Merz
Personal information
Full name Robert Merz
Date of birth (1887-11-25)25 November 1887
Place of birth Zizkow, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 30 August 1914(1914-08-30) (aged 26)
Place of death Poturzyn, Russian Poland
Position(s) striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904–1907 Wiener SV
1907–1914 DFC Prag
International career
1908–1914 Austria 13 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Merz (25 November 1887 – 30 August 1914) was an Austrian amateur football (soccer) player. He died during World War I, aged 26.[1]

Club career

Born in Zizkow, Merz began playing youth football with a predecessor to Wiener Sport-Club (Wiener SV). He joined Wiener SV's senior side at age 16,[2] before becoming a professional with DFC Prag when he moved back to his hometown in 1907.[3]

International career

He was a member of the Austrian Olympic squad at the 1912 Summer Olympics[4] and played two matches in the main tournament as well as two matches in the consolation tournament.[5] He scored two goals against Germany in the first round of the main tournament.[6]

For the Austria national football team, he played 13 games and scored 5 goals.

Military service

Merz was a reserve lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Gegen die olympischen Spiele" (in German). Illustriertes Sportblatt. 18 September 1914.
  3. ^ a b Almási-Szabò, Michael (19 November 2010). Von Dornbach in die ganze Welt: Die Geschichte des Wiener Sport-Clubs (in German). Vienna: Verlagshaus Hernals. ISBN 3950257780.
  4. ^ "Robert Merz". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  5. ^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
  6. ^ "Robert Merz". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 May 2021.



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