Robert Ballaman Explained

Robert Ballaman
Birth Date:21 June 1926
Years1:1941–1946
Clubs1:Reconvilier
Years2:1946–1950
Years3:1950–1963
Years4:1963–1964
Totalgoals:271
Nationalyears1:1948–1961
Nationalteam1:Switzerland[1]
Nationalcaps1:50
Nationalgoals1:19

Robert Ballaman (21 June 1926 – 5 September 2011)[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Switzerland - Record International Players. RSSSF. Erik. Garin. 29 February 2012. 20 April 2012.
  2. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sport/1954_World_Cup_star_dies_.html?cid=31130452 swissinfo.ch
  3. Web site: Dictionnaire du Jura. Ballaman, Robert (1926–2011). Chatelain, Emma . Hebeisen, Philippe . amp . French. 21 September 2009.
  4. Web site: RJB.ch. Robert Ballaman n'est plus. Robert Ballaman has died. French. 13 September 2011.