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]
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.