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Ernst Ocwirk

1926 - 1980

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Ernst Ocwirk (7 March 1926 – 23 January 1980) was an Austrian football player and coach. A former midfielder, he is regarded as one of the greatest Austrian men's footballers of all time. He spent the majority of his playing and coaching years between Austria and Italy, being both player and manager for FK Austria Vienna and Serie A club Sampdoria. He also went on to become a member of the Austria national team, which he led to a third-place finish at the 1954 World Cup as its captain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Ocwirk is the 904th most popular soccer player (up from 905th in 2019), the 501st most popular biography from Austria (up from 528th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Austrian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ernst Ocwirk ranks 904 out of 21,273. Before him are Søren Lerby, James Rodríguez, Tsutomu Sonobe, Lamine Yamal, José Luis Mendilibar, and Sergio Goycochea. After him are Bernard Voorhoof, Alfred Pfaff, Ramón de la Fuente Leal, Gabriel Hanot, José Carlos, and Mario Evaristo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Ernst Ocwirk ranks 164. Before him are Jambyn Batmönkh, Sergio Pininfarina, Mark Taimanov, Fernando J. Corbató, Bo Carpelan, and Agostino Cacciavillan. After him are Alfred Pfaff, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, William Porter, John Derek, Peter G. Peterson, and Jean Peters. Among people deceased in 1980, Ernst Ocwirk ranks 98. Before him are John Mauchly, Friedrich Hossbach, Héctor José Cámpora, Alf Sjöberg, Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, and Manlio Brosio. After him are Lil Dagover, Rolf Nevanlinna, Bert Kaempfert, Josias Braun-Blanquet, Gabriel González Videla, and Franco Basaglia.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ernst Ocwirk ranks 501 out of 1,424. Before him are Ilse Aichinger (1921), Victor Babeș (1854), Alexander Korda (1893), Thomas Gold (1920), Ernst Marischka (1893), and Sylvester Stadler (1910). After him are Hermann Gmeiner (1919), Maria Schicklgruber (1795), Freddy Quinn (1931), Otto Wächter (1901), Wolf Albach-Retty (1906), and Carl Zeller (1842).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Austria

Among soccer players born in Austria, Ernst Ocwirk ranks 7. Before him are Josef Bican (1913), Hans Krankl (1953), Franz Binder (1911), Friedrich Koncilia (1948), Brian Laudrup (1969), and Erich Probst (1927). After him are Richard Kohn (1888), Theodor Wagner (1927), Karl Rappan (1905), Gerhard Hanappi (1929), Ernst Stojaspal (1925), and Alfred Körner (1926).

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