Early Years
Of Czech descent, he was born Matěj Šindelář in Kozlov, Moravia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, into a poor family of blacksmith Jan Šindelář and his wife Marie née Švengrová. The family moved to Vienna in 1905 and settled in the district of Favoriten with a large Czech-speaking community. Young Matěj/Matthias began playing football in the streets of Vienna.
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