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Hans Pesser
Personal information
Full name	Johann Erik Pesser
Date of birth	7 November 1911
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	12 August 1986 (aged 74)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1930–1942	Rapid Vienna
National team
1935–1937	Austria
1938–1940	Germany
Teams managed
1945–1953	Rapid Vienna
1953–1960	Wiener Sportklub
1960–1967	Admira Wien
1967–1968	Austria
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Johann Erik Pesser (7 November 1911 – 12 August 1986) was an Austrian football striker and coach.

Career

From 1930 to 1942, Pesser played for SK Rapid Vienna. During this time he played in 146 league matches and scored 44 goals. He played four games in the ÖFB Cup. Because Austria was occupied in 1938, by Nazi-Germany he played twelve games in the Tschammerpokal and in eleven final round games for the German national team.

International career

He earned 8 caps and scored 3 goals for the Austria national football team. After the annexation of Austria by Germany, he earned 12 caps and scored 2 goals for the Germany national football team. He participated in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.^[1] and later also managed the team, and also briefly managed the Austria national team.^[1]

Managerial career

He had a successful time as a coach from 1945 to 1966. Between 1945 and 1953, he was coach of SK Rapid Wien. He won four championships and one national and one Zentropacup. From 1953 to 1960, he was manager of Wiener Sport-Club. He won two championships. Then he was manager of of SK Admira Wien. During this time he won a championship and two national cups.

He was assistant coachfor the Austrian national team in the 1946–47 season (under Eduard Bauer), 1953–54 (under Walter Nausch) and 1957–58 (under Josef Argauer). During the 1954 World Cup he was assistant coach with Eduard Frühwirth under Walter Nausch.