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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1926-06-21)21 June 1926 | ||
| Place of birth | Reconvilier, Switzerland | ||
| Date of death | 5 September 2011(2011-09-05) (aged 85) | ||
| Place of death | Zurich, Switzerland | ||
| Playing position | Centre Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1941–1946 | Reconvilier | ||
| 1946–1950 | Biel-Bienne | ||
| 1950–1963 | Grasshoppers | ||
| 1963–1964 | Winterthur | ||
| National team | |||
| 1948–1961 | Switzerland[1] | 50 | (19) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Robert Ballaman (21 June 1926 - 5 September 2011)[2] was a Swiss footballer who played as a centre forward.
Contents
1 Career
2 Club career
3 Personal
4 References
Career[edit]
Born in Reconvilier, Ballaman began playing football with FC Reconvilier at age 15. in 1946, he joined FC Biel-Bienne, where he would win the 1946–47 Nationalliga A title. He played a total of 14 seasons in the Nationalliga A with FC Biel-Bienne, Grasshopper Club Zürich and FC Winterthur, scoring 271 league goals.[3]
Ballaman earned 50 caps and scored 18 goals for the Switzerland national football team. He played in the 1954 FIFA World Cup on home soil, where he scored 4 goals and Switzerland reached the quarterfinals.[4]
Club career[edit]
- 1944–1950: FC Biel-Bienne
- 1950–1963: Grasshopper Club Zürich
- 1963–1964: FC Winterthur
Personal[edit]
Ballaman died at age 85 in September 2011.[5]
References[edit]
^ Garin, Erik (29 February 2012). "Switzerland - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 April 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ swissinfo.ch retrieved 2nd Oct 2011
^ Chatelain, Emma & Hebeisen, Philippe (21 September 2009). "Ballaman, Robert (1926-2011)" (in French). Dictionnaire du Jura.
^ Robert Ballaman – FIFA competition record
^ "Robert Ballaman n'est plus" [Robert Ballaman has died] (in French). RJB.ch. 13 September 2011.
Switzerland squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup | ||
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Categories:
- 1926 births
- 2011 deaths
- Swiss footballers
- Switzerland international footballers
- 1954 FIFA World Cup players
- FC Biel-Bienne players
- Grasshopper Club Zürich players
- FC Winterthur players
- Swiss Super League players
- Association football forwards
- Swiss football biography stubs
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