Willy Schaller

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameWilly•Schaller
Used nameWilly•Schaller
Born23 February 1933 in Bonlanden, Baden-Württemberg (GER)
Died3 January 2015
AffiliationsSchwaben Soccer Club
NOC United States

Biography

Willy Schaller was born in Germany but came to the United States with his family when he was a young boy. Schaller joined the Schwaben Soccer Club in the German-American Soccer League while still in high school. He served in the US Army from 1953-55, and later played soccer for Blau-Weiss Gottschee until 1960. Schaller played for the US at the 1952 Olympics and at the 1959 Pan American Games, where he helped the US team win a bronze medal. He later became a youth and high school soccer coach.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1952 Summer Olympics Football (Football) USA Willy Schaller
Football, Men (Olympic) United States =17

Special Notes