René Brodmann (25 October 1933 – August 2000) was a Swiss

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defender who played for

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in the

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. He also played for

Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zurich (GCZ), commonly referred to as Grasshopper Club or simply just GC, is a professional sports club, multisports club based in Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland. They are nicknamed the ''Grasshoppers'' or sometimes just ''Hopper ...

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, and FC St. Gallen. He died during a car crash in August 2000, aged 66.René Brodmann
Retrieved 23 March 2018.

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1933 births 2000 deaths Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Grasshopper Club Zurich players FC Zürich players FC St. Gallen players 1966 FIFA World Cup players Swiss football managers FC Zürich managers FC St. Gallen managers Footballers from Basel-Landschaft 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-footy-defender-stub