Walter Schleger

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Walter Schleger
Personal information
Full name	Walter Schleger
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)
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.

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 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.

Honours

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

External links

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

References

↑ Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA

v t e Austria squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup Third Place

1 Schmied 2 Hanappi 3 Happel 4 Barschandt 5 Ocwirk (c) 6 Koller 7 R. Körner 8 Schleger 9 Wagner 10 Probst 11 A. Körner 12 Stotz 13 Kollmann 14 Giesser 15 Pelikan 16 Zeman 17 Teinitzer 18 Riegler 19 Dienst 20 Halla 21 Stojaspal 22 Haummer Coach: Nausch

v t e Austria squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup

1 Szanwald 2 Halla 3 Happel 4 Swoboda 5 Hanappi (c) 6 Koller 7 Horak 8 P. Kozlicek 9 Buzek 10 Körner 11 Senekowitsch 12 Schmied 13 Schleger 14 Hamerl 15 Kollmann 16 Stotz 17 E. Kozlicek 18 Barschandt 19 Dienst 20 Ninaus 21 Puschnik 22 Engelmeier Coach: Argauer

Persondata
Name	Schleger, Walter
Alternative names
Short description	Association footballer
Date of birth	19 September 1929
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Date of death	3 December 1999
Place of death

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