Gernot Jurtin

Gernot Jurtin (9 October 1955 – 5 December 2006) was an Austrian football striker. He had a long stay with S.K. Sturm Graz and over 100 goals.

Gernot Jurtin
Personal information
Full name Gernot Jurtin
Date of birth 9 September 1955
Place of birth Scheifling, Austria
Date of death 5 Dezember 2006
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) striker
Youth career
WSV Judenburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974-1987 SK Sturm Graz
National team
1979-1983 Austria
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

He started his career with WSV Judenburg and went to SK Sturm Graz in 1974. In 378 matches he scored 119 goals in the league. Together with Božo Bakota he formed a dangoures striker duo. 1980/81 he was the best scorer of the Austrian Bundesliga.

Between 1979 and 1983, he played 12 times for Austria, scoring one goal. He made two appearances for them in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, against Chile and Northern Ireland.

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