Ernst Züllig

Ernst Züllig

Player information
birthday	October 10, 1948
place of birth	Switzerland
citizenship	Swiss
height	184 cm
Playing position	Back left
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
? -?	TV Romanshorn
? –1975	Grasshoppers Zurich
1975-1987	Pathfinder Winterthur
National team
Debut on	October 30, 1971
against	German Democratic Republic
	Games (goals)
Switzerland	176 (748)
Status: February 26, 2018

Ernst "Zulu" Züllig (born October 10, 1948 ) is a former Swiss handball player .

Career

Ernst Züllig began his career in the 1970s with HC Romanshorn in the National League B on the large field . During this time he not only played handball, but also worked in athletics at LC Brühl St. Gallen . In 1970 the powerful Züllig was able to win the Swiss championship title in the long jump with a width of 7.5 meters.

From Romanshorn , Züllig first moved to Zurich to the Grasshoppers Zurich and in 1975 finally to canton rivals Pfadi Winterthur in Eulachstadt . One of his greatest personal successes was his participation in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow , where the Swiss national team just finished eighth and achieved an Olympic diploma. In the same year Züllig was the top scorer in the National League A. In 1983/84 he helped scouts to get promoted back to the National League A after the team was relegated in the previous season. In 1985 Züllig was supposed to move to STV Winterthur , but since Pfadi Winterthur had too few players, the transfer was not carried out. Züllig ended his career two years later.

During his time, Züllig played a total of 176 international matches for the national team between 1971 and 1981, scoring 748 goals.

successes

• NLA top scorer: 1980

Web links

• Ernst Züllig on the website of the Swiss Handball Federation.
• Ernst Züllig in the Hall of Fame of Pfadi Winterthur.
• Ernst Züllig at handball-hall-of-fame.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ernst Züllig ( Memento from February 26, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b} Mike Gadient: Long jump master helped to soar. September 17, 2012, accessed February 26, 2018 .