Johann Riegler (17 July 1929 – 31 August 2011), nicknamed Hans or Hansi, was an Austrian football

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who played for

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

in the

1954 FIFA World Cup The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzer ...

. He also played for

SK Rapid Wien Sportklub Rapid Wien (), commonly known as Rapid Vienna, is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid has won the most Austrian championship titles (32), including the first title in the season 1911–12, ...

FK Austria Wien Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (; known in English as Austria Vienna, and usually shortened to Austria ( German: Österreich) in German-speaking countries, is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. It has won the ...

, and

RC Lens Racing Club de Lens (, commonly referred to as RC Lens or simply Lens) is a French professional football club based in the northern city of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department. Its nickname, ''les sang et or'' (''the blood and gold''), come ...

Personal life

Riegler's older brother, Franz "Bobby" Riegler, was also an Austrian international footballer. Johann died on 31 August 2011 at the age of 82.

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* 1929 births 2011 deaths Austrian men's footballers Austrian expatriate men's footballers Austria men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders SK Rapid Wien players FK Austria Wien players Expatriate men's footballers in France RC Lens players 1954 FIFA World Cup players {{Austria-footy-bio-stub