Walter Bosshard (footballer) explained

Walter Bosshard
Birth Date:17 January 1921
Birth Place:Switzerland
Position:Forward
Years1:1936–1955
Clubs1:FC Zürich
Caps1:386
Goals1:234[1]
Years2:1946–1948
Clubs2:FC Basel
Caps2:1
Goals2:0
Years3:1948–1949
Clubs3:Vevey-Sports
Caps3:17
Goals3:0

Walter Bosshard (17 January 1921 – 3 February 1984) was a Swiss footballer who played as a forward.

Bosshard joined Basel's first team in their 1946–47 season. He played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 28 June 1947 as Basel was beaten 3–1 by Grenchen.[2] Between the years 1946 and 1948 Bossard played a total of three games for Basel without scoring a goal. One of these games was in the Nationalliga A and two were friendly games.[3]

Following his time in Basel, Bossard joined Vevey-Sports who played in the second tier of Swiss football at that time.

Bossard died on 3 February 1984, at the age of 63.[4]

Sources

(NB: Despite all efforts, the editors of these books and the authors in "Basler Fussballarchiv" have failed to be able to identify all the players, their date and place of birth or date and place of death, who played in the games during the early years of FC Basel)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DBFCZ | Walter Bosshard .
  2. Web site: FC Grenchen - FC Basel 3:1 (1:1) . Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” . 16 November 2019.
  3. Web site: Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” . Walter Bosshard - FCB-Statistik . Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” . 16 November 2019.
  4. Web site: Walter Bosshard . dbFCZ . 1 February 2023.