Robert Ballaman

Robert Ballaman
Personal information
Date of birth	21 June 1926
Place of birth	Reconvilier, Switzerland
Date of death	Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day
Place of death	Zurich, Switzerland
Position(s)	Centre Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1941–1946	Reconvilier
1946–1950	Biel-Bienne
1950–1963	Grasshoppers
1963–1964	Winterthur
Total
International career
1948–1961	Switzerland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Ballaman (21 June 1926 - 5 September 2011)^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Ballaman died at age 85 in September 2011.^[5]

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1926-06-21)21 June 1926
Place of birth	Reconvilier, Switzerland
Date of death	Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day
Place of death	Zurich, Switzerland
Position(s)	Centre Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1941–1946	Reconvilier
1946–1950	Biel-Bienne
1950–1963	Grasshoppers
1963–1964	Winterthur
Total			(271)
International career
1948–1961	Switzerland^[1]	50	(19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals