Karl Stürmer

Karl Stürmer was an Austrian professional footballer and manager.

Playing career

As a footballer, he grew up in Wiener Cricket; then he played as full-back for First Vienna FC and as midfielder for Wiener AC.
With Wiener AC he won a Tagblatt Pokal in 1901. He played two matches with Austria national team.

Coaching career

In 1918 Stürmer began a long career as manager in Austria and Italy.
He managed Reggiana and Prato in Divisione Nazionale and Torino, Alessandria, Lazio, Livorno and Juventus in Serie A.

Death

He died in 1943, shot by the Germans in Faenza, Italy, during Nazi German occupation of the country in World War II.