Moses Häusler
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Moses Häusler | ||
| Date of birth | 20 July 1901 | ||
| Place of birth | Vienna, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 24 December 1952 (aged 51) | ||
| Place of death | Vienna, Austria | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Armania | |||
| Romania | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1918-1926 | SC Hakoah Wien | ||
| 1926-1928 | New York Giants | ||
| 1928-1931 | New York Hakoah | ||
| 1931-1933 | New York Americans | ||
| 1933-1934 | SC Hakoah Wien | ||
| 1936 | SC Hakoah Wien | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 1923-1925 | Austria | 7 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1934-1936 | Garbarnia Krakau | ||
| 1936 -1940 | Stade Dudelange | ||
| 1945 bis 1950 | Stade Dudelange | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 December 2025 | |||
Moses Häusler (* July 20, 1901 in Vienna; † December 24, 1952 in the same city) was an Austrian football player.
Career
The striker made his first football experience in the youth teams of lower-league Viennese clubs. In 1918 he moved to SC Hakoah Wien. The team played in the second division. He worked his way up from the reserve team and was already a regular starter in the 1919/20 season. This year Hakoah reached promotion to the top flight.
The team established itself immediately in the first division. After finishing fourth in its debut season, it fought for the championship in its second year. Following the introduction of professional football in Austria in the 1924/25 season, Hakoah won the championship title. Häusler was the only player to appear in every single championship match. Along with Max Grünwald he was also Hakoahs top scorer.
In the spring of 1926 Hakoah made an American tour. Several Hakoah players – including Häusler – receiving contract offers from US clubs. He returned to Vienna with the team and finished the championship. Then informed the club of his intention to transfer and left for New York to play for the New York Giants in the ASL. His former teammates Max Grünwald, Béla Guttmann, Ernö Schwarz and Egon Pollak also joined the Giants.
After two seasons with the Giants he moved to the newly formed New York Hakoah. In 1929, Häusler won the National Challenge Cup with New York Hakoah in the final against St. Louis Madison Kennels. He then moved to the New York Americans, founded by Ernö Schwarz, with whom he reached the National Challenge Cup final again in 1933.
After occasionally playing for Hakoah Vienna between his US seasons, Häusler returned in 1933 for one final season in Vienna. When Hakoah suffered from significant player absences in October 1936 he played one last time and led the team to a 3-1 victory against FK Austria Wien.
International
His performances at the club led to his first call-up to the Austrian national football team in August 1923. He made his debut in a 2-1 victory against Finland. He scored his first goal for the national team in only his second international match against Romania. Häusler played seven games for Austria, scoring two goals. This makes him Hakoah's record international player. His last match was in November 1925 against Switzerland.
International statistics
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 1923 | 1 | 0 |
| 1924 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1925 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Häusler goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 May 1924 | Simmeringer Sportplatz, Vienna, Austria |  Romania | 3-1 | 4-1 | Friendly match |
| 2 | 5 May 1925 | Hohe Warte , Vienna, Austria |  Hungary | 1-1 | 3-1 | Friendly match |
Manager
After that, he worked as a coach in Poland at Garbarnia Krakow. His coaching career took him to Luxembourg. There he coached Stade Dudelange. With Stade, Häusler won six championship titles from 1938 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1950 and won the cup three times.