Posted: 02 Feb 2007, 18:34
by cocoliso1
I am looking for the PLACE of birth of tha following Swiss players (All them were part of the Swiss Team in England 1966)
Karl “Charlie” Elsener
Wilhelm “Willy” Allemann
Kurt Armbruster
Heinz Bäni
René Brodmann
Vittore Gottardi
Robert Hosp
Léo Eichmann
Werner Leimeruber
Jean Claude Schindelholz
Heinz Schneiter
Xavier Stierli
Ely Tacchella
Posted: 02 Feb 2007, 18:46
by Mike
not an easy task
Mike wrote:This is a general ''problem'' in Swiss football journalism when researching. One hardly finds birth places in player profiles, mostly profiles contain the player's ''Stammklub'' (player's first youth club).
This has to do, I believe, with the fact that in Swiss passports one doesn't have the place of birth in it, but the ''Heimatort'' or ''Bürgerort''. This expression can't be translated with "home town'', as it is the place where the father's ancestors originally come from, and is, these days, seldom the place of birth or the place where one grew up. It is a legal term that has it's roots in the mediaeval times... one of these weird peculiarities of Switzerland...
Ergo, the place of birth doesn't seem to be important in Switzerland...
cheers
"Mike"
but possible
Posted: 02 Feb 2007, 20:18
by cocoliso1
yes, I am know, trust me I been looking every where and still missing those players for 1966, I thing may be is a least difficult for people living in Swiss, because then can got acces to old magazines and newspapers and may be there found some thing