Arthur 'Pius' Fahr (1898 – 9 May 1968) was a Swiss
footballer
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who played for
FC Basel.
'Pius' Fahr started his playing career as
goalkeeper and in later years he played mainly in the position as
forward
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. Between the years 1914 and 1927 he played a total of 208 games for Basel scoring a total of 18 goals. 112 of these games were in the
Swiss Serie A and 96 were friendly games. He scored 6 goals in the domestic league, the other 12 were scored during the test games.
He scored his first goal for Basel in the home game against
Aarau
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on 19 March 1922. It was the winning goal in the 2–1 victory.
Sources and references
* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG.
* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
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FC Basel players
Swiss men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Men's association football forwards
1898 births
1968 deaths