Ferenc "Franz"/"François" Stockbauer (6 April 1938 – 11 April 2018) was a Hungarian professional

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who played in the 1950s and 1960. Stockbauer fled his country in 1956 following the invasion of Budapest by Soviet troops. He played mainly in the position as

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, but also as midfielder. Stockbauer played in the season 1958–1959 for SV Wiesbaden. He joined FC Basel's first team for their 1959–60 season under manager

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. After playing in four test matches, Stockbauer played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game on 23 August 1959 against Grenchen. He scored his first goal for his club in the away game on 27 September as Basel were defeated 2–5 by Servette. Stockbauer stayed in Basel for two season. At the end of the first season the team ended the league in tenth position and the following season in fifth position. Between the years 1959 and 1961 Stockbauer played a total of 36 games for Basel scoring a total of six goals. 19 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, three in the

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, one in the

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and 13 were friendly games. He scored one goal in the domestic league, one in the Swiss Cup and the other four were scored during the test games. After his time with Basel, Stockbauer played two seasons for Urania Genève Sport and then he moved on to play four seasons for FC Sion where he ended his playing career. In the season 1964–65 Stockbauer was

winner with Sion. On 19 April 1965 Sion beat Servette at Wankdorf Stadium in

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. After his playing career he was trainer for various amateur teams including FC Visp. Stockbauer continued to live in

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until he died on 11 April 2018; he was married to Rita Evéquoz and they had one son.

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* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
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