Ivo Wolfgang Eduard Schricker (18 March 1877 – 10 January 1962) was a German footballer and the third General Secretary of the FIFA, serving from 1932 to 1951 upon his resignation.

Biography

Ivo Schricker was son of a privy councilor in Strasbourg, which at that time belonged to the German Empire. He came from a middle-class background and played his youth football together with his younger brother

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with local team Straßburger FV. During the summer of 1894 both brothers moved as a high school students to

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. Here they joined and played for

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, where they met Walter Bensemann, the great pioneer of German and European football. During Basel's 1895–96 season both brothers played two games for

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. The first game they played was the home game on 1 December 1895 as Basel played a 2–2 draw with FC Excelsior Zürich.

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was team mate in that game. The second game they played with Basel was on 8 March 1896 as Basel were defeated 1–3 by Grasshopper Club. Both Schricker's played only these two games for Basel, without scoring a goal. Following their time with Basel both returned to their club of origin Straßburger FV and later both again moved to Karlsruher Kickers. Erwin Schricker (22 August 1878 – 20 October 1914) was killed in action during

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. While studying in

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Ivo Schricker played for Akademischer SC 1893 Berlin. With

he became South German champion several times. In 1899 he was among the best players in the first—still unofficial—game against a team from

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, and in September 1901, he also played in London. Schricker's home town, Strasbourg in

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, was after

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annexed to France again. After retirement as player, Schricker served from 1923 to 1925 as president of the South German association ( Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband). He moved to Zürich in Switzerland, a central and conveniently located place that fitted FIFA needs well when a permanent office was set up. Ivo Schricker became the organisation's first employee, and was appointed Permanent Secretary in 1931, working in a 30 square metre apartment at Bahnhofstrasse 77 that remained the home of football's governing body until 1954. From 1948 onwards, he was supported by secretary Marta Kurmann.FIFA.com
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Notes

Footnotes

References

* Henry Wahlig: ''Dr. Ivo Schricker. Ein Deutscher in Diensten des Weltfußballs'', in: Lorenz Peiffer / Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling (Hg.): ''Hakenkreuz und rundes Leder. Fußball im Nationalsozialismus'', S. 197 – 206, Göttingen 200

Sources

* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. * Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
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