He shaped Uefa for almost three decades. Now Hans Bangerter is dead – he helped suggest a long-controversial rule.
The European Football Union (Uefa) mourns the loss of its long-time general secretary, Hans Bangerter. As the association announced, the Swiss died at the age of 98. Between 1960 and 1988 Bangerter held the post of Secretary General.
Bangerter was not only an “outstanding general secretary,” said incumbent Uefa President Aleksander Ceferin, but also an “important figure in the development of the organization and the development of European football.”
During his tenure, Bangerter, a graduate civil servant, established the principle of fixed game dates in European competitions, and he also suggested the introduction of the rule, which had been in force for many decades, that goals scored away from home and away from home counted “double”.