Walter Eich

Career

He played 13 years for the Young Boys Bern and was considered the best goalkeeper in the club's history. Particularly well known he was in the Cup final in 1958, where he played with a broken thumb against the Grasshoppers Zurich. Since he broke his thumb during the game, he got while playing a hollow cow horn that was laid him on the thumb. The game was the Bernese, also thanks to Oak's use, decide for yourself. Walter Eich changed in 1947 at the age of 20 years from the Zurich club Young Fellows to Bern, where the goalkeeping legend Maurice Glur was to replace. YB managed with Walter Eich 's re-emergence in the National League A, later 2 cup victories (1953 and 1958 ) and four league titles in series (1957, 1958, 1959, 1960).

National

His calm, his catching ability, his enormous jumping ability and his excellent positional play made ​​Walter Eich one of the best goalies in a time when Switzerland with Parlier, Stuber, Permunian, Ballabio and Elsener and another had above average number of strong goalkeeper. Probably for this reason, it brought " Wädu ," as he was called the audience in Bern, to only 5 missions in the national team. His international debut was on May 16, 1951 as the 2:3 defeat against Wales in Wrexham. His fifth and last match he graduated on April 25, 1954 in the 3:5 defeat to Germany in Basel.

After the football

Special merits procured the meantime has become a real Bernese Zurich, who worked as a civil servant in the General Directorate of PTT and moved to his retirement to Kandersteg, as a goalkeeper coach. The later YB goalies Eichenberger, Zurbuchen ( Champion Team 1986) and powder still speak with great respect of their trainers.

Clubs

Achievements

• Swiss champion: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960
• Swiss Cup: 1953, 1958