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who at that time played in the 1st League, the third tier of Swiss football. At the end of the 1956–57 season
Concordia won their central group and in the play-offs became 1st League champions and were promoted to the Nationalliga B. Füri stayed with the club and played the next two season for the
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filmed the events with his super-8 camara. The voyage around the world included 19 flights and numerous bus and train journeys. Club chairman, Lucien
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together with 16 players and 15 members of staff, supporters and journalists participated in this world tour from 10 January to 10 February 1964. Team captain
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and a broken leg for Peter Füri himself, soon reduced the number of players to just 13. The injury cost Füri an entire year of his football career.
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took advantage of the situation and signed Füri with a semi-professional contract. He played with them for two seasons and they let him appear as a
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