Paul Thalmann (footballer)
Paul Thalmann (born 16 October 1884) was a Swiss footballer who played as striker or as midfielder in the early 1900s. Football career. Thalmann joined FC Basel's first team for their 1899–1900 season. In this season the club did not compete in the Swiss Serie A, they played only friendly games. Thalmann played his first game with the team in the away game in the Stadion Schützenmatte on 21 January 1900 as Basel were beaten 1–3 by local rivals Old Boys.<ref name="fcb-achiv-ob-fcb-1899/1900"></ref> Thalmann played five friendly games in his first season and  in his second season he played mainly with Basel's reserve team. After playing in seven friendly games, he played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game at the Landhof on 23 November 1902 as Basel were defeated 1–2 by Old Boys.<ref name="fcb-achiv-fcb-ob-1902/03"></ref> He played for Basel's first team for four season and during this time Thalmann played a total of 18 games for Basel. Seven of these games were in the Swiss Serie A and 11 were friendly games. He probably played in more games than mentioned, but the documentation  is incomplete. Notes. Footnotes. Incomplete league matches 1901–1902 season: FCB-OB, Excelsior-FCB, FCB-Fortuna Incomplete league matches 1903–1904 season: Bern-FCB, FCB-OB "(NB: Despite all efforts, the editors of these books and the authors in "Basler Fussballarchiv" have failed to be able to identify all the players, their date and place of birth or date and place of death, who played in the games during the early years of FC Basel)"