Walter Schleger (19 September 1929 – 3 December 1999) was an Austrian

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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 Fußballklub Austria Wien AG (; known in English as Austria Vienna, and usually shortened to Austria (German: Österreich) in German-speaking countries, is an Austrian association football club from the capital city of Vienna. It has won the mos ...

(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 The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...

and

1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Brazil be ...

.Record at FIFA Tournaments
- FIFA He earned 22 caps, scoring one goal.

Honours

Austrian Football Bundesliga The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. Th ...

(4): ** 1953, 1961, 1962, 1963 *

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(3): ** 1960, 1962, 1963

External links

Austria Wien archive
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References

1929 births 1999 deaths Austria men's international footballers Austrian men's footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players 1958 FIFA World Cup players AC Sparta Prague players FK Austria Wien players Austrian veterinarians Czech veterinarians German Bohemian people Austrian people of German Bohemian descent Footballers from Prague Footballers from Vienna 20th-century Austrian zoologists Men's association football forwards {{austria-footy-forward-stub