Robert Ballaman

Robert Ballaman
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
Position Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1941–1946 Reconvilier
1946–1950 Biel-Bienne
1950–1963 Grasshoppers
1963–1964 Winterthur
Total (271)
International career
1948–1961 Switzerland 50 (19)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Ballaman (21 June 1926 – 5 September 2011) was a Swiss footballer who played as a centre forward.

Career

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.

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.

Club career

Personal

Ballaman died at age 85 in September 2011.

References

  1. ↑ Garin, Erik (29 February 2012). "Switzerland - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  2. ↑ swissinfo.ch Archived 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 2 October 2011
  3. ↑ Chatelain, Emma & Hebeisen, Philippe (21 September 2009). "Ballaman, Robert (1926–2011)" (in French). Dictionnaire du Jura.
  4. ↑ Robert Ballaman – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ↑ "Robert Ballaman n'est plus" [Robert Ballaman has died] (in French). RJB.ch. 13 September 2011.