Category | Technical official Date of Birth | 07.11.1913 Date of Death | 06.05.2007 Country | Switzerland
Highlights
Starts refereeing in Switzerland at the age of 16
FIBA Referee from 1933 (1st international basketball referee ever) to 1970
Called over 350 international games during his career
Member (and referee) of the local organising committee of the 1st edition of the FIBA European Championship, which took place in 1935, in Geneva
Called in 2 Olympic Games: Berlin 1936 and London 1948
Refereed in the 1st edition of the FIBA World Championship which took place in 1950, in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Called the Final of the 1950 FIBA World Championship (USA vs. Argentina)
Refereed in 5 European Championships: Geneva 1935, Riga 1937, Geneva 1946, Cairo 1949 and Moscow 1953
Called the Final of the 1946 European Championship in Geneva (Czechoslovakia vs. Italy)
On 18th February 1956, he called his 200th international game (France vs. USSR)
Refereed in the FIBA 25th Anniversary Jubilee Tournament, in 1957, in Moscow
FIBA Order of Merit in 1997
FIBA Honorary Referee in 2005