| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1895-12-24)24 December 1895 | ||
| Place of birth | Ottakring, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 20 May 1962(1962-05-20) (aged 66) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sportklub Orion | |||
| Tasmania | |||
| Rekord | |||
| Blue Star | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1910–1912 | Romania Ottakring | ||
| 1912–1914 | Blue Star | ||
| 1914–1925 | Rapid Wien | ||
| 1925–1926 | First Vienna | ||
| 1926–1927 | Rapid Wien | ||
| 1929–1930 | Bari | ||
| International career | |||
| 1919–1926 | Austria | 8 | (8) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1929–1930 | Bari | ||
| 1930 | HAŠK | ||
| 1931–1933 | ZFC[1][2] | ||
| 1933–1934 | Blauw-Wit Amsterdam[3][4] | ||
| 1934 | Ripensia Timișoara | ||
| 1934 | Romania | ||
| 1934–1935 | SPC Helfort | ||
| 1935–1936 | BSK | ||
| 1936–1937 | FC Biel | ||
| 1937–1938 | FC Luzern | ||
| 1938–1941 | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | ||
| 1941–1943 | VfL Altenbögge | ||
| 1949–1951 | Schwarz-Weiß Essen | ||
| 1951–1952 | Rheydter SV[5] | ||
| 1952 | SF Hamborn 07[5] | ||
| 1953–1954 | Rapid Wien | ||
| 1954–1957 | Jahn Regensburg | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Josef Uridil (nicknamedPepi, der Tank; 24 December 1895 – 20 May 1962) was an Austrianfootballer and coach.
Pepi Uridil, third son of the taylor Kajetan Uridil, was born on Christmas Eve 1895 in the Vienna suburb ofOttakring. He began to play football aged eight in the streets of his neighbourhood with his brother Franz. Pepi Uridil played for numerous clubs in his youth, such asSportklub Orion,Tasmania,Rekord and then Blue Star Vienne, before leaving for the great club ofSK Rapid Wien[6] inHütteldorf.
During theFirst World War, he got the nickname "Tank".
Pepi Uridil played for a number of seasons with Rapid, and in 1919, his team won in the final 3–0 againstWiener Sport-Club.
Throughout his career Uridil is said to have scored around 1,000 goals.[7]
He was one of the main players in the Championship victory in 1921 againstWiener AC.Dionys Schönecker's men were losing 1–5 at half-time, 3–5 with 15 minutes remaining, and finished with goals from Uridil to win 7–5.
Uridil was also an entrepreneur. He created his own brand of beer,Uridil, and a brand of sugar,Kracheln. The famous Viennese writerHermann Leopoldi wrote a musical piece namedHeute spielt der Uridil ("Today, Uridil is playing") in 1922. Pepi Uridil played a number of film roles, such asPflicht und Ehre ("Necessity and Honour") in 1924.
At the end of the First World War, he became an Austrian international for the first time. He played for theAustria national football team between 1919 and 1926 and scored eight goals in eight games.[8]
After his retirement from football, Pepi Uridil became a manager ofBratislava club. He then moved toRipensia Timișoara and theRomania national football team for the1934 World Cup inItaly.
His team were beaten in the first round by eventual finalists,Czechoslovakia.
He later coached Austrian sideSC Helfort, thenBeogradski SK inYugoslavia in 1935. He then moved toSwitzerland to coachFC Biel from 1936 to 1937, andFC Luzern until 1938.[9] He then trained German sideSchwarz-Weiß Essen between 1938 and 1941, andVfL Altenbögge between 1941 and 1943.
After theSecond World War, he returned to coaching Schwarz-Weiß Essen from 1949 to 1951. He went on to train his former club, Rapid Vienna, for one season from 1953 to 1954. That year, the Austrian side beat the London clubArsenal 6–1 on 25 May 1953.
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