Gustav Lechner

Gustav Lechner (17 February 1913 – 5 February 1987) was a footballer who represented both the Yugoslavian and Croatian national sides.[1]

Gustav Lechner
Personal information
Full name Gustav Lechner
Date of birth (1913-02-17)17 February 1913
Place of birth Osijek, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 5 February 1987(1987-02-05) (aged 73)
Place of death Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1930–1934 Slavija Osijek
1934–1941 BSK Belgrade
1941–1945 Građanski Zagreb
1945–1949 Proleter Osijek
International career
1931–1940 Yugoslavia 44 (0)
1941–1944 Independent State of Croatia 11 (0)
Managerial career
1945–1949 Proleter Osijek (player/coach)
Metalac Osijek
Dinamo Pančevo
1953–1957 Vojvodina
1957–1958 Dinamo Zagreb
1959–1960 Velež
196x–196x Slavonija Požega
196x–1966 NK Zagreb
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Osijek and nicknamed Lembika,[2] he spent his early career with Slavija Osijek and BSK Belgrade; while playing with the latter he won 3 Yugoslav titles and graduated from law school.[2] In 1941 he and teammate Ernest Dubac joined Građanski Zagreb. At the end of the war, he became player-manager of Proleter Osijek.[2]

International career

Lechner made his debut for Yugoslavia in an August 1931 friendly match against Czechoslovakia and earned a total of 44 caps scoring no goals.[2] He then played 12 matches under the flag of the Independent State of Croatia, a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany. His final international was an April 1944 friendly against Slovakia.[3]

Coaching career

After retiring as a player in 1949, Lechner became a coach and managed Metalac Osijek, Dinamo Pančevo, Vojvodina Novi Sad, Dinamo Zagreb, Velež Mostar, Slavonija Požega and NK Zagreb.[2]

Death

Lechner died on 5 February 1987 in Zagreb, and was buried on 11 February at the Saint Anne Cemetery in his hometown of Osijek.[4][5]

Honours
BSK Belgrade
Građanski Zagreb
  • Independent State of Croatia championship: 1943

References
  1. "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 17 April 2008.
  2. Gustav Lehner at Reprezentacija.rs
  3. "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  4. "Gustav Lehner". Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  5. "Proslavljeni asovi i igračke legende NS Osijek − Lembika" (in Croatian). Nogometno središte Osijek. Retrieved 15 October 2022. Umro je 1987. u Zagrebu, a pokopan na Aninom groblju u rodnom gradu.
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