Walter Balmer (footballer)

Walter Balmer (28 March 1948 – 27 December 2010) was a Swiss international footballer.

Walter Balmer
Personal information
Full name Walter Balmer
Date of birth (1948-03-28)28 March 1948
Place of birth Thun, Switzerland
Date of death 27 December 2010(2010-12-27) (aged 62)
Place of death Interlaken, Switzerland
Playing position(s) Striker
Youth career
FC Thun
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1968 FC Thun
1969–1976 FC Basel
National team
1969–1973 Switzerland 20 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Balmer started his youth football with his local team in Thun. He played as Striker (right winger) for FC Thun between 1964 and 1968. Between 1969 and 1976 he played for FC Basel in the Nationalliga A and won four league titles in the years 1969, 1970, 1972 and 1973.[1] In the Swiss Cup Final in 1975 Balmer scored the winning goal five minutes before the end of overtime. Balmer also won the first edition of the Swiss League Cup in 1972 with Basel.

International career

Between the years 1969 and 1973 Balmer played a total twenty games for the Swiss National team in which he scored two goals. In 1971, he scored during the 4–0 win against Turkey and in 1972 during the 1–1 draw with Denmark.[1]

On 28 June 1976 Balmer (aged just 28 years) retired from his semi-professional football career and from then on he worked as a teacher in the Gymnasium in Interlaken and also as a sport journalist.[2]

Honours

Basel

References
  1. Zindel, Joseph (2010). "Walter Balmer völlig überraschend gestorben" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
  2. "Eine prägende, inspirierende Persönlichkeit" (in German). Jungfrau Zeitung. 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
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