Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wilhelm Huber [1] | ||
Date of birth | 17 December 1913 | ||
Place of birth | Zurich, Switzerland | ||
Date of death | August 1998 (aged 84) [2] | ||
Place of death | Küsnacht, Switzerland | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1934–1943 | Grasshopper Club Zürich | ||
International career | |||
1933–1942 | Switzerland | 16 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Wilhelm Huber, best known as Willy Huber (17 December 1913 – August 1998 [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]
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.