Willy Huber

Willy Huber
Personal information
Full name Wilhelm Huber[1]
Date of birth (1913-12-17)17 December 1913
Place of birth Zurich, Switzerland
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1943 Grasshopper Club Zürich
National team
1933–1942 Switzerland 16 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Wilhelm Huber, best known as Willy Huber (born 17 December 1913, date of death unknown)[2] was a Swiss football goalkeeper who played for Switzerland in the FIFA World Cup in 1934 and 1938.[3][4] He also played for Grasshopper Club Zürich. He was Switzerland's Goalkeeper of the Year in 1937, 1942 and 1943.[5]

Career

Huber played for FC La Sarraz and for FC Blue Stars Zürich before he played for Grasshopper Club Zürich, with whom he won the Swiss championship in 1936-37, 1938–39, 1941–42 and 1942–43 and the Swiss Cup in 1933-34, 1936–37, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42, 1942–43, thus winning the double in 1936-37, 1941–42 and 1942-43. Only Severino Minelli and Alfred Bickel, with eight victories each, have won the cup more often than his seven cup victories, and otherwise only Hermann Springer has equalled this total.[6]

He ended his career at FC Zürich.

References

  1. ↑ "EU-Football.info => PLAYER: Wilhelm Huber". Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Listed as deceased at worldfootball.net
  3. ↑ Seleção Suíça na Copa do Mundo FIFA de 1934
  4. ↑ Seleção Suíça na Copa do Mundo FIFA de 1938
  5. ↑ "Switzerland - Goalkeeper of the Year". rsssf.com. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "Die siegreichsten Spieler". Schweizer Cup - Geschichte. Schweizerische Fussball Verband. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
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