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Walter Bosshard (footballer)

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Walter Bosshard
Personal information
Date of birth (1921-01-17)17 January 1921
Place of birth Switzerland
Date of death 3 February 1984(1984-02-03) (aged 63)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936–1955 FC Zürich 386 (234[1])
1946–1948 FC Basel 1 (0)
1948–1949 Vevey-Sports 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

References

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

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(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)