Waymond was born in 1928 to a Swiss mother, Marie Bardel, and an American father, Waymond Rhodes. Bardel played some years for Lausanne-Sports and won the Swiss Cup in 1950 and the Swiss championship in 1951 with the team. On April 15th, 1951 he was called up to represent Switzerland against Germany in Zurich. It was the 200th international game for the German team and Switzerland lost in front of 45,000 spectators 2:3 He later also played for his home-team, Yverdon Sports, where he was known as “Ben”. Following his soccer career, Bardel lived a quiet life in Switzerland working as a mechanic, electrician and instructor.