Gilbert Fesselet
{{Short description|Swiss footballer (1928–2022)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gilbert Fesselet
| image =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|04|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|04|27|1928|04|16|df=y}}
| height =
| position = Defender
| years1 = 1953–1957| clubs1 = FC La Chaux-de-Fonds| caps1 = |goals1 =
| years2 = 1957–1960| clubs2 = FC Lausanne-Sport| caps2 = |goals2 =
| nationalyears1 = 1954–1959| nationalteam1 = Switzerland| nationalcaps1 = 5| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
Gilbert Fesselet (16 April 1928 – 27 April 2022) was a Swiss football defender who played for Switzerland in the 1954 FIFA World Cup.[http://pt.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=9/teams/team=43971.html Copa do Mundo da FIFA Suíça 1954] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902062256/http://pt.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D9/teams/team%3D43971.html |date=September 2, 2011 }} He also played for FC La Chaux-de-Fonds and FC Lausanne-Sport.
Fesselet died on 27 April 2022, at the age of 94.{{cite web |title=Gilbert Fesselet |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=5916 |website=EU Football |access-date=6 September 2022}} He was the last surviving player from the Swiss team in 1954 World Cup.
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{{Switzerland Squad 1954 World Cup}}
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Category:Swiss men's footballers
Category:Switzerland men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:FC La Chaux-de-Fonds players
Category:FC Lausanne-Sport players
Category:1954 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Swiss Super League players
Category:Sportspeople from La Chaux-de-Fonds
Category:Footballers from the canton of Neuchâtel
Category:20th-century Swiss sportsmen
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