Ivo Wolfgang Eduard Schricker (18 March 1877 – 10 January 1962) was a German footballer and the third General Secretary of the FIFA, serving from 1932 to 1951 upon his resignation.[1]
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| 3rd General Secretary of FIFA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1932–1951 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Carl Anton Wilhelm Hirschman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Kurt Gassmann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Ivo Wolfgang Eduard Schricker 18 March 1877 Strasbourg, German Empire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 January 1962 (aged 84) Zürich, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Footballer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editIvo Schricker was son of a privy councilor in Strasbourg, which at that time belonged to the German Empire. He came from a middle-class background and played his youth football together with his younger brother Erwin with local team Straßburger FV. During the summer of 1894 both brothers moved as a high school students to Karlsruhe. Here they joined and played for Karlsruher FV, where they met Walter Bensemann, a pioneer of German and European football.[2]
During Basel's 1895–96 season both brothers played two games for FC Basel. The first game they played was the home game on 1 December 1895 as Basel played a 2–2 draw with FC Excelsior Zürich. Joan Gamper was team mate in that game.[3] The second game they played with Basel was on 8 March 1896 as Basel were defeated 3–1 by Grasshoppers.[4] Both Schricker's played only these two games for Basel, without scoring a goal.[note Scorers 1][5][6]
Following their time with Basel both returned to their club of origin Straßburger FV and later both again moved to Karlsruher Kickers. Erwin Schricker (22 August 1878 – 20 October 1914) was killed in action during World War One.[7]
While studying in Berlin Ivo Schricker played for Akademischer SC 1893 Berlin. With Karlsruher FV he became South German champion several times. In 1899[8] he was among the best players in the first, still unofficial, game against a team from England, and in September 1901, he also played in London.[9]
Schricker's home town, Strasbourg in Alsace, was after World War I annexed to France again. After retirement as player, Schricker served from 1923 to 1925 as president of the South German association (Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband).
He moved to Zürich in Switzerland, a central and conveniently located place that fitted FIFA needs well when a permanent office was set up. Ivo Schricker became the organisation's first employee, and was appointed Permanent Secretary in 1931, working in a 30 square metre apartment at Bahnhofstrasse 77 that remained the home of football's governing body until 1954.[10] From 1948 onwards, he was supported by secretary Marta Kurmann.[11]
Notes
editFootnotes
edit- ^ League: up until 1898 there was no league football in Switzerland.
- ^ Scorers: many pre-First World War game sheets no longer exist or are incomplete and so, many line ups and most goal scorers in this period remain unknown.
References
edit- Henry Wahlig: Dr. Ivo Schricker. Ein Deutscher in Diensten des Weltfußballs, in: Lorenz Peiffer / Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling (Hg.): Hakenkreuz und rundes Leder. Fußball im Nationalsozialismus, S. 197 – 206, Göttingen 2008 [2]
- ^ FIFA.com
- ^ Photo of 1895 Karlsruher Kickers, Ivo Schricker sitting on the left and next to him his brother Erwin, in Ernst Otto Bräunche: Sport in Karlsruhe: Von den Anfängen bis heute ISBN 3-88190-440-9
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Excelsior Zürich 2:2 (2:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "Grasshopper Club - FC Basel 1:3 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Erwin Schricker - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Ivo Schricker - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ Photo of 1895 Karlsruher Kickers, Ivo Schricker sitting on the left next to his brother Erwin, in Ernst Otto Bräunche: Sport in Karlsruhe: Von den Anfängen bis heute ISBN 3-88190-440-9
- ^ William J. Murray, Bill Murray: Football: A History of the World Game, Scolar Press, 1994 ISBN 1-85928-091-9 [1]
- ^ Peter J. Beck: Scoring for Britain
- ^ FIFA.com
- ^ FIFA.com
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