Willy Huber Explained

Willy Huber
Fullname:Wilhelm Huber[1]
Birth Date:17 December 1913
Birth Place:Zurich, Switzerland
Death Date:August 1998 (aged 84)
Death Place:Küsnacht, Switzerland
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:1934–1943
Clubs1:Grasshopper Club Zürich
Nationalyears1:1933–1942
Nationalcaps1:16
Nationalgoals1:0

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]

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EU-Football.info => PLAYER: Wilhelm Huber . 6 September 2011.
  2. News: Früherer Schweizer Nati-Goalie Willy Huber gestorben.. 20 August 1998. Thuner Tagblatt. German. 30 August 2019.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20100503103658/http://pt.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=3/teams/team=43971.html Seleção Suíça na Copa do Mundo FIFA de 1934
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20100503063022/http://pt.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=5/teams/team=43971.html Seleção Suíça na Copa do Mundo FIFA de 1938
  5. Web site: Switzerland - Goalkeeper of the Year. RSSSF. 6 September 2011.
  6. Web site: Die siegreichsten Spieler . Schweizer Cup - Geschichte . Schweizerische Fussball Verband . 12 September 2011 .