Otto Haftl (29 November 1902 – 16 September 1995)[1] was an Austrian footballer who played his club career in Austria, Czechoslovakia and Switzerland.
Haftl started his football career in Austria for SC Wacker Wien and also played one season for Wiener AC.
However, shortly before the end of the match referee Hans Wüthrich did not blow his whistle and award a penalty after an alleged handball by a Basel player.
It was some eight hours later before things were settled enough for the police to able to bring both the referee and the entire Basel team to safety, by ship over Lake Lugano.
[4] Josef Remay had a bleeding head, Hermann Enderlin had a hole above his eye, Leopold Kielholz and goalkeeper Paul Blumer were also hurt.
[6] Haftl scored two goals in the final and there were two other fellow Austrians in the team, Ferdinand Wesely and Josef Chloupek.
In the season 1938–39 he joined SC Wacker Wien as trainer and remained there until December 1941, Haftl played three times for his country.