Jean Grieder (28 March 1874 – 1941) was a Swiss businessman, an asset and liability manager. He held high honorary positions in his hometown and was founder member of FC Basel.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jean Grieder | ||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1874 | ||
| Date of death | 1941 | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1893–1894 | FC Basel | [note League 1] | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Football career
editGrieder was member of the Basel rowing club and during a visit to England he had seen the new football game. After a newspaper advert, there was a meeting on 15 November 1893 and the Fussball Club Basel was founded. Grieder attended the founders meeting and joined the team that evening. At the club’s second meeting Roland Geldner was elected as the club's first chairman and Grieder as the club's secretary .[1]
Grieder joined the team’s trainings. Team mate Charles Volderauer, as businessman, had good connections and used them from the very beginning. As early as June 1894, he organised the journey to visit Strassburger FV. Grieder was with the group that travelled and played in the match, which ended with a 0–8 defeat.[2]
He stayed with the club as active footballed just one year and during this time Grieder played only that one game for Basel. Grieder held high honorary positions in his hometown, including many functions with the rowing club.[3]
Footnotes
edit- ^ League: up until 1898 there was no league football in Switzerland.
Sources
edit- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
- Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
References
edit- ^ Kieslich, Christoph. "Die Geburtsstunde des FCB". The hour of birth of FCB. tageswoche.ch. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "Strassburger FV - FC Basel 8:0". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Jean Grieder - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.