# Matthias Sindelar

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The Footballer who Defied the Nazis? The Myth of Matthias Sindelar, and the Myth of Austrian Victimhood

Matthias Sindelar was, and is, the most famous Austrian footballer between World Wars 1 and 2. Known for his elegant style of play during a period when Austrian soccer was admired as an innovative model, he defined Austria’s national team, known as the "miracle team," and his club, Austria Vienna. …

The Mystery of Matthias Sindelar, Part One

Welcome back to It Was What It Was, the football history podcast. Austrian footballer Matthias Sindelar was one of the greats of the game but his mysterious death in 1939 at the age of just 35 became a hugely contested issue in the darkest era of Austrian history. Was he murdered because he objecte…

The Mystery of Matthias Sindelar, Part Two

Welcome back to It Was What It Was, the football history podcast. Austrian footballer Matthias Sindelar was one of the greats of the game but his mysterious death in 1939 at the age of just 35 became a hugely contested issue in the darkest era of Austrian history. Was he murdered because he objecte…

Austria 1930-34

Austria 1930–1934: The Wunderteam and the Birth of Modern Football Were Austria’s Wunderteam the first to play “Total Football” — and how close did they come to ruling the world in the 1930s? Episode Summary In this episode of By Far The Greatest Team, hosts Graham Dunn and Jamie Rooney are joined …

What is the False 9 position in football?🤔⚽

The False 9 is a centre-forward who drops deep, often in between the lines, to receive the ball and link up play. The purpose of the false 9 is simple: to draw a centre back out of position, opening up space for others to exploit. If a midfielder drops back to track the false 9, there's an overl…

First Touch ’26 - Austria

Once home to the “Wunderteam” and the legendary Matthias Sindelar, Austria’s greatest football tales used to live in black and white. In this World Cup Capsule, David Gass connects that glorious past: 1930s brilliance, a 1954 semifinal run, and the “Miracle of Córdoba” win over West Germany, to a …

OTD E0084 — 23 Jan 1939: The Paper Man’s Silence — Sindelar, Vienna’s Wunderteam, and a Death That Never Stopped Whispering

23 Jan 1939: Matthias Sindelar — Der Papierene, the Paper Man — is found dead in Vienna. We trace the coffeehouse football culture of interwar Vienna, Hugo Meisl’s Wunderteam, Mitropa nights with Austria Wien, the 1931–32 Central European International Cup, and the mythic Anschluss match vs Germany…

The Paper Man and the Dictator | 1934 World Cup Final & Matthias Sindelar

Austria's Wunderteam were probably the best side in the world in 1934. Their forward Matthias Sindelar — Der Papierene, the Paper Man — played football like a diagram of where a footballer should be. The semi-final referee had dinner with Mussolini the night before. Five years later, Sindelar was …

Slaying Giants & The "Scandal of Gijón": Austria's 2026 World Cup Profile 🇦🇹🔥

Can Ralf Rangnick’s tactical rebuild carry Austria past Argentina and the heavyweights of Group J? 🇦🇹⚽ In this episode of Make Football Great Again, host Harry Brent is joined by the host of The Other Bundesliga podcast, Tom Midler, to trace the definitive tournament preview for Austria. We disc…

FIFA World Cup 1938 - France

Originally aired: April 27 - 2026 on the Topic Lens Podcast. Welcome back to The Topic Lens Podcast. In this episode, we journey back to the summer of 1938. The setting is France, but the shadow of the Second World War is rapidly creeping across Europe. The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the last major in…