Karl Kanhäuser, also known as Karel Kannhauser (18 July 1900 – 31 December 1945 (declared)[1]) was a footballer who played international football for both Austria and Czechoslovakia.[2] Kanhäuser played as a striker for Wiener Sport-Club and DFC Prag.[3] His brother was fellow player Eduard Kanhäuser.[2]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 18 July 1900[1] | ||
Place of birth | Vienna, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | (declared) 31 December 1945[1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1919–1925 | Wiener Sport-Club | ||
1925–1937 | DFC Prag | ||
National team | |||
1921–1924 | Austria | 5 | (3) |
1931 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kanhauser renounced Austrian for Czechoslovakian citizenship in 1931.[4] Kanhauser continued to live in Prague with his family through the Second World War until in 1944 he was drafted in the Wehrmacht and deployed to Yugoslavia where he went missing in action.[citation needed] He was declared by the Vienna Regional Court to have died on 31 December 1945,[1] five months on from his 45th birthday and seven months after the end of war in Europe.
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