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Full name | Walter Schleger | ||
Date of birth | 19 September 1929 | ||
Place of birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||
Date of death | 3 December 1999 | (aged 70)||
Playing position | striker | ||
Youth career | |||
AC Sparta Prague | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1949–1951 | Wiener Sportclub | ||
1951–1964 | Austria Wien | 334 | (107) |
National team | |||
1951–1962 | Austria | 22 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Prof. Dr. Walter Schleger (19 September 1929 – 3 December 1999) was an Austrian football player.
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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.
He made his debut for Austria in a September 1951 frienldy 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.
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