Switzerland Soccer Willi Steffen (b/w photo)

Willi Steffen, right, struggles for the ball with an unknown player in a match of the Swiss national team, undated recording. The long-time YB defender and international Willi Steffen has died at the age of 80, as announced on Thursday, May 5, 2005. The tall man from Berne was one of the first Swiss footballers to assert himself (as an amateur) with the professionals abroad. After the war he fought his way to a permanent place at Chelsea and was appointed to the World Choice. Back in Switzerland, Steffen shaped the best time of the Young Boys with the four consecutive championship titles from 1957 to 1960 and the championship semi-final against Reims in 1959. Together with Rudolf Gyger from Basel, Steffen formed a legendary defender in the national team for a long time.