Alfred Bickel, also referred to as Fredy Bickel (12 May 1918 – 18 August 1999) was a Swiss football player and

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. He played as a forward for local club Grasshopper Club Zürich and the Switzerland national team, participating with the latter in the

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finals of 1938 and

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. He played 405 matches and scored 202 goals in the Swiss first division from 1935 to 1956, a period during which he won 7 league titles and 9 cup titles with Grasshopper. He was a member of the Swiss national team from 1936 to 1954, earning 71

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and scoring 15 goals, including one in their first-round victory over

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in the 1938 World Cup. Bickel is one of only two footballers ever to participate in World Cups before and after

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, the other being Sweden's

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1918 births 1999 deaths People from Main-Taunus-Kreis Footballers from Darmstadt (region) Swiss men's footballers Grasshopper Club Zürich players 1938 FIFA World Cup players 1950 FIFA World Cup players Switzerland men's international footballers Swiss football managers Grasshopper Club Zürich managers Swiss people of German descent Men's association football forwards German emigrants to Switzerland {{Switzerland-footy-forward-stub