GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss Football Association says former national team captain Robert Ballaman died Sept. 5 after a long illness. He was 85.
Ballaman had two goals in the highest scoring match ever at a World Cup, among his 18 goals in 50 appearances for Switzerland from 1948-61.
Host nation Switzerland lost 7-5 to Austria in a 1954 quarterfinal in Lausanne that was played in searing temperatures.
Ballaman opened the scoring with a powerful long-range shot and the Swiss led 3-0 after 19 minutes before fading in the heat.
