Willy Schaller

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Willy Schaller
Full name	Willy Schaller
Date of birth	February 23, 1933(1933-02-23)
Place of birth	Germany
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
	Schwaben Blau-Weiss Gottschee
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Willy (Willie) Schaller (born February 23, 1933 in Germany) was a U.S. soccer defender who played most of his career in the German American Soccer League. He also played on the U.S. soccer team at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1996

1 Club career
2 National teams
3 Coaching
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Club career

While born in Germany, Schaller’s family moved to the United States when he was a young boy. He joined Schwaben of the German American Soccer League when he was in high school. In 1953, he joined the U.S. Army, serving until 1955. At some point, he moved to Blau-Weiss Gottschee^[1], playing with the team through at least 1960.^[2]

[edit] National teams

In 1952, he was selected to the U.S. soccer team which competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was nineteen at the time. The U.S. lost its first game of the single elimination tournament to Italy.^[3] In 1959, he was with the U.S. team which won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games.