Eric Mory

Eric Mory (born 17 April 1879) was a Swiss footballer who played as striker or midfielder during the 1890s and early 1900s.

Eric Mory
Personal information
Full name Eric Mory
Date of birth (1879-04-17)17 April 1879
Place of birth Switzerland
Position(s) Midfielder, Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1896–1898 FC Basel [note League 1]
1904–1905 BSC Old Boys
International career
1905 Switzerland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

FC Basel was founded on 15 November 1893 and Mory joined the club about three years later, during their 1896–97 season. Mory played his first game for the club in the away game on 8 November 1896 as Basel were defeated 1–2 by Grasshopper Club.[1]

Mory stayed with the club for two seasons. During the first season he played in six of the teams seven matches and in the second he played in nine out of ten matches.[note Scorers 1][2] The last game that Mory played for Basel was on 8 May 1898 as Basel won 2–0 against FC Fortuna Zürich. His teammate John Tollmann acted as referee in that match.[3]

Following his time in Basel, Mory moved across the city and joined local rivals BSC Old Boys.

The Swiss Football Association (ASF-SFV) was formed in 1895 and was a founder member of FIFA in 1904. The following year the Switzerland national team played their first official international match against France on 12 February 1905. Mory played his only international for the Swiss team in this match, which was played at the Parc des Princes in front of 500 supporters. France won the match 1–0 with the only goal coming from Gaston Cyprès.

Notes

Footnotes
  1. League: up until 1898 there was no league football in Switzerland.
  1. 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
  1. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - Grasshopper Club 1:2". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Eric Mory - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. "FC Basel - FC Fortuna Zürich 2:0". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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.)


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