Walter Schleger

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

Walter Schleger

Personal information
Date of birth	(1929-09-19)19 September 1929
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Date of death	3 December 1999(1999-12-03) (aged 70)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	AC Sparta Prague
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949–1951	Wiener Sportclub
1951–1964	Austria Wien	334	(107)
International career
1951–1962	Austria	22	(1)
Medal record Representing Austria FIFA World Cup 1954 Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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. 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