Walter Schleger

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| name = Walter Schleger

| image = Walter Schleger (cropped).jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|9|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|12|3|1929|9|19|df=y}}

| position = Striker

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = AC Sparta Prague

| years1 = 1949–1951

| years2 = 1951–1964

| clubs1 = Wiener Sportclub

| clubs2 = Austria Wien

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 334

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 107

| nationalyears1 = 1951–1962

| nationalteam1 = Austria

| nationalcaps1 = 22

| nationalgoals1 = 1

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File:Österrike 1958.jpg 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.]]

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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20111220065210/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=57688/index.html Record at FIFA Tournaments] - FIFA He earned 22 caps, scoring one goal.