Wilhelm Dietz

Wilhelm Dietz (* unknown; † 3 April 1920) was a Swiss footballer who played for FC Basel. He played mainly in the position as forward, but also as midfielder.

Football career

Between the years 1917 and 1920 Dietz played a total of 31 games for Basel scoring a total of 13 goals. 25 of these games were in the Swiss Serie A and the other six were friendly games. He scored seven goals of his goals in the domestic league, the other six goals were scored during the test games. The Serie A away match played on 7 March 1920 against Biel-Bienne in Gurzelen Stadion was the last game that Wilhelm Dietz played as he died 4 weeks later aged just 19 years old.

Sources

• 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

(NB: Despite all efforts, the editors of these books and the authors in "Basler Fussballarchiv" have failed to be able to identify all the players, their date and place of birth or date and place of death, who played in the games during the early years of FC Basel)