Erwin Ballabio
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 20 October 1918 | ||
Place of birth | Bettlach, Switzerland | ||
Date of death | 4 March 2008 | (aged 89)||
Place of death | Grenchen, Switzerland | ||
Position(s) |
Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
FC Grenchen | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1934–1956 | FC Grenchen | ? | (?) |
1940–1941 |
→ Lausanne Sports | ||
1946–1948 | → FC Thun | ||
International career | |||
1939–1947 | Switzerland | 27 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1955–1965 | FC Grenchen | ||
1967–1969 | Switzerland | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Erwin Ballabio (20 October 1918 – 4 March 2008) was a Swiss football goalkeeper. He played for FC Grenchen and the Swiss national team. Known as the "Black Panther"[1] he kept goal for eight years for the Swiss team.
Early life
In 1941 Ballabio became the town of Grenchen's third policeman.[2]
As a player
FC Grenchen
Ballabios was originally a youth player at
Switzerland
Ballabio's debut came in February 1939 against Portugal with his last match in June 1947. His total of 27 appearances for his country make him the third most capped keeper, which is a remarkable achievement considering the lack of fixtures due to World War II.
As a manager
FC Grenchen
Almost immediately after retiring as a player, Ballabio took charge of the FC Grenchen team. During his ten-year reign he took the team to their only
Switzerland
Ballabio was appointed as
Statistics
Team[4] | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
FC Grenchen | 1955 | 1965 | ||||||
Switzerland | 24 May 1967 | 2 November 1969 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 29.41 |
References
- ^ Meister, Paul-Georg (7 March 2008). "Grenchen mourns the death of Erwin Ballabio – the "Black Panther" is dead" (in German). Grenchen.net. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
- ^ Walter, Rainer W. "History of the police in Grenchen". Museums-Gesellschaft Grenchen. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
- ^ "Wankdorf – the second miracle of Berne". Capital Balls. 29 July 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2008.
- ^ "Swiss National Trainer" (in German). Archived from the original on 6 June 2008. Retrieved 12 June 2008.
External links
- (in German) The Black Panther
- (in German) Der schwarze Panther im Tor