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 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 References 1929 births 1999 deaths Austria international footballers Austrian 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 Association football forwards