Walter Schleger

Walter Schleger
Personal information
Full name	Walter Schleger
Date of birth	19 September 1929
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Date of death	3 December 1999 (aged 70)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	AC Sparta Prague
Senior career*
Years	Team
1949–1951	Wiener Sportclub
1951–1964	Austria Wien
National team
1951–1962	Austria
Honours
Representing Austria
FIFA World Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Austria national football team in 1958 with the following players – from left to right, standing; Walter Horak, Ernst Happel, Karl Koller, Alfred Körner, Paul Halla, Walter Schleger; crouched: Helmut Senekowitsch, Gerhard Hanappi, Rudolf Szanwald, Franz Swoboda and Johann Buzek.

Prof. Dr. Walter Schleger (19 September 1929 – 3 December 1999) was an Austrian football player.

Club career[]

A speedy and tricky attacker, Schleger played for several clubs: he began his career in Sparta Prague, where he played in their youth team, later went to Vienna and played for Wiener Sportclub (1949–1951) and Austria Wien (1951–1964).

A veterinarian, he later became head of the genetics institute at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna.

International career[]

He made his debut for Austria in a September 1951 friendly match against West Germany and was a participant at the 1954 FIFA World Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup.^[1] He earned 22 caps, scoring one goal.

Honours[]

Austrian Football Bundesliga (4):
- 1953, 1961, 1962, 1963
Austrian Cup (3):
- 1960, 1962, 1963

External links[]

Austria Wien archive (in German)
Walter Schleger at National-Football-Teams.com

References[]

^ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA

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[1] Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA

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