Paul Halla

Personal information
Full name	Paul Halla
Date of birth	(1931-04-10)10 April 1931
Place of birth	Graz, Austria
Date of death	6 December 2005(2005-12-06) (aged 74)
Place of death	Vienna, Austria
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950–1951	Sturm Graz
1951–1953	Grazer AK	47	(24)
1953–1965	Rapid Wien	289	(39)
1965–1967	SC Helfort
National team
1952–1965	Austria	34	(2)
Honours Representing  Austria FIFA World Cup 1954 Switzerland
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Paul Halla (10 April 1931 in Graz – 6 December 2005 in Vienna) was an Austrian football player. He played as midfielder for Sturm Graz, Grazer AK and Rapid Wien. He also played for the Austrian national football team. With the team he was participant of the 1954- and 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Halla began his career at SK Sturm Graz as a youth player, but played for city rivals Grazer AK from 1951 to 1953 as a right midfielder. 1953 he went to Vienna to play for SK Rapid Wien. For Rapid he played 289 matches and scored 39 goals. In the 1964-65 season he was team captain. ^[1] He played 346 matches for them until 1965. The last two seasons he played for SC helfort Wien.

On 23 November 1952 he debuted for the national team in a match against Portugal (1-1). His last match was on 13 June 1965 versus Hungary. ^[2] he played 34 international matches and scored two goals.

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (5):
  • 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1964
• Austrian Cup (1):
  • 1961
• FIFA World Cup
  • 1958 3rd place