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{{short description|Austrian footballer}}
Walter Zeman (1 May 1927 - 8 August 1991) was an [[Austrian]] football goalkeeper and an integral part of the second Austrian Wunderteam of the 1950s.▼
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{{Infobox football biography
|name=Walter Zeman
|image=Walter Zeman (1953).jpg
|image_size=
|caption=Zeman in 1953
|fullname=Walter Zeman
|birth_date={{Birth date|1927|5|1}}
|birth_place=[[Austria]]
|death_date={{Death date and age|1991|8|8|1927|5|1}}
|death_place=
|height=
|position=[[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
|youthyears1= |youthclubs1=[[SV Wienerberg|Wienerberg]]
|youthyears2= |youthclubs2= Vienna
|years1=1942–1944|clubs1=[[FC Wien]]
|years2=1945–1961|clubs2=[[SK Rapid Wien]]
|years3=1961–1962|clubs3=[[SAK 1914]]
|caps2=235|goals2=0
|nationalyears1=1945–1960|nationalteam1=[[Austria national football team|Austria]]|nationalcaps1=41|nationalgoals1=0
|medaltemplates =
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{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954 Switzerland]]|}}
}}
▲'''Walter Zeman''' (1 May 1927 - 8 August 1991) was an [[Austrians|Austrian]] football [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] and an integral part of the second [[Austria national football team|Austrian]] ''[[Wunderteam]]'' of the 1950s.
Zeman began his youth career at local club [[SV Wienerberger]], but he soon moved on to [[First Vienna FC|FC Vienna]]. In 1945 Zeman joined [[Rapid Vienna]] and also won his first cap for the
For the national side Zeman competed at the [[1954 FIFA World Cup]] in which Austria progressed to the semi-finals before being defeated by [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]]. In total Zeman won 41 caps for Austria, and is often regarded as Austria's second greatest keeper after [[Rudi Hiden]]. Throughout his career, he earned the nicknames the ''Tiger of Budapest'' and the ''Panther of Glasgow'', for his international performances. He was named [[Austrian Sports Personality of the Year|Austria's Sportsman of the Year]] in 1950, and was included in the [[FIFA World XI]] in 1953, and also<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/news/newsid=2202983.html |title=Saving grace: Europe's favourite goalkeepers |publisher=UEFA.com |date=30 January 2015 |accessdate=14 March 2020 }}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{FIFA player|44778}}
*[http://rapidarchiv.at/spieler/zeman_walter.html Profile at Rapidarchiv.at]
{{Austria Squad 1954 World Cup}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zeman, Walter}}
[[Category:1927 births]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:Austrian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Austria men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1954 FIFA World Cup players]]
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[[Category:SK Rapid Wien players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Vienna]]
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