Helmut Käser
Helmut Käser (14 November 1912 – 11 May 1994) served as the general secretary of the international governing body of association football, FIFA, from April 1960 to June 1981. He served under three presidents of FIFA, Englishmen Arthur Drewry (1955–1961), Stanley Rous (1961–1974), and under Brazilian João Havelange from 1974 until 1981.
Helmut Käser | |
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| Born | 14 November 1912 |
| Died | 11 May 1994 (aged 81) Küssnacht, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
| Employer | Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research |
| Title | Secretary general of FIFA |
| Term | April 1960–June 1981 |
| Predecessor | Kurt Gassmann |
| Successor | Sepp Blatter |
Käser was succeeded by Sepp Blatter. Two months after Käser was forced to retire from FIFA, Blatter married Käser's daughter, Barbara.[1][2] That means, by 1981, Blatter had taken his father-in-law's job as well as his daughter (Käser did not attend the wedding).[3]
Käser was an officer of the Swiss army; he worked as a civil servant in Switzerland at the Federal Department of Economic Affairs and became the general secretary of the Swiss Football Association in May 1942. He died in 1994 in Küssnacht near Zurich.[2]
References
- David Yallop (15 September 2011). How They Stole the Game. Little, Brown Book Group. pp. 135–. ISBN 978-1-78033-402-8.
- "Helmut Käser biography". Munzinger - Helmut Käser. Munzinger. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- Dean, Will (1 June 2015). "The real Fifa scandals: Sepp's yodelling, the flop movie and his Dr Strangelove bunker" – via www.theguardian.com.