Gustav Wiederkehr

Max Gustav Wiederkehr ( born October 2, 1905 in Zurich, † July 7, 1972 ) was a Swiss businessman and football official. He was 1954-1964 President of the Swiss Football Association (SFV ), from 1962 until his death president of the European Football Association UEFA.

Life

Recurring went to Zurich to and from school at the age of 21 years authorized officer. In 1932 he started his own business and founded in Buchs SG a carpet factory. Until 1937, he brought in his spare time after the Matura. The subsequent study of economics at the University of Bern, he had to stop in 1939 because he was drafted after the beginning of World War II in active service; Finally, he broke it off completely. Later he expanded his business in the carpet industry from 1954 he was co-founder of Remstaler carpet factory in Pluederhausen (Baden- Württemberg ), 1969 co-founder of Alpina carpet works in Wetzikon.

His work as a sports official began in 1931 with the founding of the Catholic Men's Gymnastics Clubs Zurich. 1936 joined return to the Zurich football club Young Fellows, which he chaired until 1950. In 1943, he created the National League B, the second- highest division of the country, in 1946 he was elected to the Committee of the SFV. Finally followed the 1954 election as President of the SFA; an office he held until 1964.

On April 17, 1962 Wiederkehr, who was considered a brilliant orator, was elected president of UEFA. Under his leadership, the importance of the association grew significantly. 1963, a technical committee was introduced, 1968 Referees Committee. It also emerged two new competitions, the UEFA Cup in 1971 and 1972, the U-23 European Championship. In addition, recurrence was also vice president of football's world governing body FIFA. He died at the age of 66 years unexpectedly at his workplace.