Swiss football mourns one of the best players in its history. Rolf Blättler died after a long illness at the age of 81, announces the RSI.
The Zurich native was one of the most talented Swiss players during the sixties and seventies even though he only had 28 caps. He thus formed with Köbi Kuhn and Karl Odermatt the magical midfield trio of Rolf Maurer’s Swiss team which obtained a draw at Wembley against England on November 10, 1971 in the preliminary round. of Euro 1972. This match has long been remembered to the extent that Switzerland really deserved to win.
King of LNA scorers in 1965, 1966 and 1967, Rolf Blättler successively played at Grasshoppers, Lugano, Basel, St. Gall and Lucerne before ending his career in 1983 at Locarno.
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