Robert Ballaman
{{short description|Swiss footballer (1926-2011)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Robert Ballaman
| image = Com C08-103-003-003-011 Robert Ballaman.jpg
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|6|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Reconvilier, Switzerland
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|9|5|1926|6|21|df=yes}}
| death_place = Zurich, Switzerland
| position = Centre forward
| years1 = 1941–1946
| clubs1 = Reconvilier
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1946–1950
| clubs2 = Biel-Bienne
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 1950–1963
| clubs3 = Grasshoppers
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 1963–1964
| clubs4 = Winterthur
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| totalcaps =
| totalgoals = 271
| nationalyears1 = 1948–1961
| nationalteam1 = Switzerland{{cite web
| url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/zwit-recintlp.html
| title = Switzerland - Record International Players
| publisher = RSSSF
| first = Erik
| last = Garin
| date = 29 February 2012
| accessdate = 20 April 2012
}}
| nationalcaps1 = 50
| nationalgoals1 = 19
}}
Robert Ballaman (21 June 1926 – 5 September 2011)[http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sport/1954_World_Cup_star_dies_.html?cid=31130452 swissinfo.ch] retrieved 2 October 2011 was a Swiss footballer who played as a centre forward.
Career
Born in Reconvilier, Ballaman began playing football with FC Reconvilier at age 15. in 1946, he joined FC Biel-Bienne, where he would win the 1946–47 Nationalliga A title. He played a total of 14 seasons in the Nationalliga A with FC Biel-Bienne, Grasshopper Club Zürich and FC Winterthur, scoring 271 league goals.{{cite web|publisher=Dictionnaire du Jura|title=Ballaman, Robert (1926–2011)|author1=Chatelain, Emma |author2=Hebeisen, Philippe |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.diju.ch/f/notices/detail/4309|language=French|date=21 September 2009}}
Ballaman earned 50 caps and scored 18 goals for the Switzerland national football team. He played in the 1954 FIFA World Cup on home soil, where he scored 4 goals and Switzerland reached the quarterfinals.{{FIFA player|174370}}
Club career
- 1944–1950: FC Biel-Bienne
- 1950–1963: Grasshopper Club Zürich
- 1963–1964: FC Winterthur
Personal
References
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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:1954 FIFA World Cup players
Category:FC Biel-Bienne players
Category:Grasshopper Club Zurich players
Category:FC Winterthur players
Category:Swiss Super League players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Footballers from the canton of Bern
Category:20th-century Swiss sportsmen
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