Max Seemann

Max Seemann (30 November 1892 – 20 February 1939) was an Austrian businessman and football referee who officiated five international matches between 1916 and 1924.

Early life Born in Ostrava on 30 November 1892, Seemann immigrated to Vienna, where he opened a sports shop in .

Refereeing career A sports lover, he soon began working as a football referee, officiating several matches in the Austrian First Class, and eventually, he not only became the treasurer of the referees' committee, but also the president of the football department of the Wiener Amateur-SV, which later became Austria Wien. Some sources state that the Hungarian team walked out in protest,

Seemann went on to officiate a further four matches, including two more of the Hungarian national team in 1923 and 1924, with the Magyar winning both. Three years later, in 1927, he briefly served as Wiener's sole coach. In 1935, he was appointed as the coach of DFC Prag.

Later life and death As a Jew, Seemann was persecuted by the Nazi regime, so he decided to leave Vienna in September 1938, which proved to be in vain since he ended up dying anyway in Belgrade just six months later, on 20 February 1939, at the age of 46, just a few months before the outbreak of the First World War.