Willy Huber
Willy Huber (born 17 December 1913 in Zurich ) was a Swiss football goalkeeper, who has won as a player with the Grasshopper Club Zurich four league titles and seven Cup victories and in the " Redcoats " of "Nati " at the Football World Cup 1938 France has participated.
Career
Clubs
About the stations FC La Sarraz and FC Blue Stars Zurich had the young goalkeeper Willy Huber the way to the Blue-Whites from Hardturmstraße Stadium, led to the traditional club GC Zurich. At 19 - 19 November 1933 - debuted the talent in the Swiss national football team, with 20 years - Finale on April 2 1934 - he won by a 2-0 success with GC against Servette Geneva the first Swiss Cup. The consistent and long-term coach work of Karl Rappan paid off at the " Hoppers" from the round 1936/37, through the double success in league and cup for the first time in all clarity from. With goalkeeper Willy Huber Rappan won in the following years 1938, 1940 to 1943 yet each the cup and additionally in the years 1939, 1942 and 1943 other titles. In 26 National league games 1941/42, with " Goali " Huber GC Defence received only 23 goals. The Championship, due to a tie in the National League with FC Grenchen, was decided after two play-off matches for GC. In Champion, the 1943 title was won by goal difference of 91:22 goals in 26 games. Huber celebrated after 1937 also 1941 and 1942 the double profit. Teammates co-founded the this era of success were the GC - player Severino Minelli, Max Weiler, Sirio Vernati, Oskar tube, André Abegglen, Hermann Springer, Alfred Bickel, Max Abegglen, Lauro Amadò and Hans -Peter Friedlander.
When local rivals FC Zurich he ended his playing career.
National Team, 1933-1942
The debut of the GC - Keepers on 19 November 1933, "Nati " fell into the era of outstanding goalkeeper Frank SECHEHAYE. Huber was indeed attributed to an outstanding goalkeeper performance in the 0-2 defeat in Zurich against Germany - with its parades, he prevented in the first 45 minutes, a German leadership - but on the position of the former number one in the "Nati ", there was nothing to change. The young " Hoppers" talent was taken with Renato Bizzozero FC Lugano as a substitute with the Football World Cup 1934 in Italy. Both came but the World Cup tournament is not used because Frank Sechehaye in two World Cup matches against the Netherlands and Czechoslovakia guarded the gate of the Confederates. After the 1934 World Cup Sechehaye had a knee injury, although after his 37th international match on November 10, 1935 to end his career, but Williy Huber GC was not his immediate successor in the "Nati ". The goalkeeper colleagues Bizzozero and Gustav Schlegel Young Boys Bern took turns to the year 1937 in the housing of the national team. When his GC club coach Karl Rappan with the international match on September 19, 1937 in Vienna against Austria in addition the sporty line with the " Redcoats " took over, Willy Huber celebrated after four years of his comeback in the national team. Rappan trusted in a GC block - Huber, Minelli, W. Weiler, Springer, Vernati, Bickel, judder -, three players from Servette Geneva - Lörtscher Walaschek, G. Aeby - and Paul Aebi Young Boys Bern. In addition to blocking Rappan also introduced the " Swiss bolt " as a defensive system in the Länderelf. With the Swiss goalkeeper Huber reached on February 6, 1938 in Cologne before 78,000 spectators a 1-1 draw, despite constant pressure from the German team in the second half with 7-0 corners. Now the GC -Keeper was the number one goal and there Rappan had also inserted with Lauro Amado and Andre Abegglen two other offensive players in the starting line- next Alfred Bickel, Eugène Walaschek and Georges Aeby, could the World Cup finals in France in 1938 as a realistic target can be controlled.
With a 2-1 victory on May 1, 1938 in Milan against Portugal the "Nati " qualified for the World Cup in France. Huber graduated this his seventh international match. Fourteen days before the first World Cup match, on May 21 in Zurich, the Confederates succeeded with another 2-1 win, an impressive achievement. Goals from Georges Aeby and Andre Abegglen, the favorite England was brought to its knees. On 4 June, the team fought to " Goali " Huber in Paris against Germany to a 1-1 draw after extra time. The Confederates decided the replay on June 9 with 4:2 goals by a 0:2 residue for himself and " Great Germany " was so out of the race. Without the injured Minelli and Aeby the Rappan Elf retired three days later, June 12, against the fresher Hungary - their second-round match had taken place on June 5 against the Dutch East Indies - by a 0-2 defeat from the tournament. Have been in the trade press referred to as the best keeper of the tournament six names: Olivieri (Italy ), Planicka (Czechoslovakia), Raftl ( Germany ), Walter (Brazil), Huber ( Switzerland ) and Szabo (Hungary). Huber is also attributed that he had formed with his two defenders probably the strongest team behind this World Cup. Beat young leads in his book on the "Nati " from:
" After the success of Redcoats against England, United Germany ' was the system which the, Sport' editor Edwin Little had missed the popular name, suddenly all the rage. The "bar" was for the national team, what, Reduit ' for the army represented: a mythically symbol Swiss self -assertion. [ ... ] Was correspondingly high veneration of the consisting of the goalkeeper and the two central defenders bolt defensive trios in the national team, which enjoyed a real hero status. About the most popular trio, which had 1938 significant role in the success against Germany, wrote, Sports ' still after a quarter of a century, Huber, Minelli, Lehmann, this triumvirate is still a term synonymous with bulwark, force, hardness and shiny interaction ' (27 November 1963) "
As with Erwin Ballabio debuted a new goalkeeper star in the national Helvetia, on 12 February 1939 the career of Willy Huber ended in the countries team with the game on November 1, 1942 in Budapest against Hungary. From 1933 to 1942, he has completed 16 internationals.