Walter Bielser | |
Fullname: | Walter Bielser |
Birth Date: | 20 May 1929 |
Birth Place: | Pratteln, Switzerland |
Death Place: | Pratteln, Switzerland |
Position: | Forward |
Youthclubs1: | FC Pratteln |
Youthclubs2: | FC Aesch |
Clubs1: | FC Aesch |
Clubs2: | Biel-Bienne |
Years3: | 1951–1952 |
Clubs3: | Lausanne-Sport |
Years4: | 1952–1954 |
Clubs4: | FC Basel |
Caps4: | 47 |
Goals4: | 15 |
Years5: | 1954–1955 |
Clubs5: | Biel-Bienne |
Caps5: | 23 |
Goals5: | 5 |
Years6: | 1955–1957 |
Clubs6: | FC Basel |
Caps6: | 19 |
Goals6: | 4 |
Walter Bielser (20 May 1929 – 10 August 2004) was a Swiss footballer who played mainly as a forward, but also as a midfielder.
Bielser played his youth football for FC Pratteln and then moved on to FC Aesch. As senior he played for Biel-Bienne and Lausanne-Sport before he moved to Basel for the first time. After two seasons he again played for Biel-Bienne before returning to Basel. Between 1952 and 1957 Bielser played 106 games for Basel and scored of 32 goals; 66 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, 8 in the Swiss Cup and 32 were friendly games. He scored 19 goals in the domestic league, 3 in the Cup and the other 10 during the test games.[1]
The biggest success in his football career was as Basel won the championship title in the 1952–53 season. During this season Bielser played 21 league games and scored 9 goals for the club.[2] Joint with Walter Bannwart and René Bader, Bielser was the team's second most successful league scorer with 9 goals for the club, behind Josef Hügi with 32.
Bielser was the eldest of three children. He grew up in Pratteln and did his apprenticeship as a printer. Bielser married Heidi Schillinger and together they had three daughters. In 1960 he made himself self-employed and founded his own printing company, which he ran until his retirement.[3]
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