Kurt Thalmann
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kurt Julius Thalmann | ||
| Date of birth | 3 November 1931 | ||
| Place of birth | Basel, Switzerland | ||
| Date of death | 9 January 2018 (aged 86) | ||
| Place of death | Basel | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder and Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| until 1950 | Concordia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1951 | Concordia | ||
| 1951–1956 | Basel | ||
| 1956–1957 | Cantonal Neuchâtel | ||
| 1957–1958 | Biel-Bienne | ||
| 1958–1963 | Solothurn | ||
| National team | |||
| 1954–1957 | Switzerland reserves | 5 | (0) |
| 1956–1957 | Switzerland | 0 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Kurt Thalmann (3 November 1931 – 9 January 2018) was a Swiss footballer.
Football career
Club football
In 1951 Thalmann moved from his youth club Concordia Basel to FC Basel where he played as midfielder or forward as semi-profession footballer. Thalmann spent the four years playing for RotBlau, he played in 107 matches and scored 22 goals.[1] His biggest success was the championship title in Basel's 1952–53 season. He was one of the youngest players in the team at that time and was known for his dribbling and his assists for Josef "Seppi" Hügi to score his goals.
In the summer of 1956 he transferred to Cantonal Neuchâtel for one season, then spent another season playing for Biel-Bienne, before playing another four seasons for Solothurn.
National team
Thalmann never made it to an appearance in the Swiss national football team, however, he did play five games for the reserve team.
Private life
Thalmann married Suzanne and they had four children. He left Basel, because the FC Basel team management would not help him find work and moved to Neuchâtel because the Cantonal Neuchâtel management were able to give him work at the local gas works. Later the family returned to Basel as Walter Fust offered Thalmann work in his electrical shop. Years later, after Fust fired him, Thalmann ended his working days as a receptionist for the bank Credit Suisse. His children announced that after a happy football orientated life, Thalmann passed away at his home in Basel on 9 January 2018.[1]
Honours
- Basel
- Swiss League champions: 1952–53
Sources and References
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
- 1952–53 at RSSSF
- 1 2 Zindel, Josef (2018). "Kurt Thalmann ist gestorben". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2018-01-09.