Herbert Prohaska

Herbert Prohaska is an Austrian former professional footballer. He ranks among Austria's greatest football players of all time. Prohaska works as a football pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF). His nickname "Schneckerl", Viennese dialect for curly hair, derives from his curly haircut in his younger years. A talented, elegant, and combative midfielder, Prohaska played as a deep-lying playmaker, and was known for his technique, intelligence, and precise passing.

8 August 1955

Born on the same birth date (8 August 1955): Diddú • Michael Roe (racing driver)

Born on the same birth day (8 August): Achille Varzi • Aldo Calderón van Dyke • Axel Merckx • Danilo Gallinari • Drew Lachey • Ernest Lawrence • Francis Hutcheson (philosopher) • Hermann Anton Gelinek • Jackie Cruz • James Morgan (actor) • Kane Williamson • Richard Harwood • Steven Tweed • Toby Flood • Viorica Viscopoleanu

Born in the same month (August 1955): Alberto Gonzales • Anthony Thistlethwaite • Chiranjeevi • Eddie Ojeda • Edwin Moses • Gerd Müller (politician) • Giuseppe Resnati • Hideo Fukuyama • Ian Dejardin • James Reilly (Irish politician) • Jim Mees • Kevin Dunn • Ned Yost • Paul Greengrass • Taher Elgamal • Thomas Kidd (illustrator) • Vladimir Sorokin