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Walter Bielser
Personal information
Full name Walter Bielser
Date of birth (1929-05-20)20 May 1929
Date of death 10 August 2004(2004-08-10) (aged 75)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
FC Pratteln
FC Aesch
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
FC Aesch
Biel-Bienne
1951–1952 Lausanne-Sport
1952–1954 FC Basel 47 (15)
1954–1955 Biel-Bienne 23 (5)
1955–1957 FC Basel 19 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Bielser (* 20 May 1929 in Pratteln; † 10 August 2004 in Pratteln) was a Swiss footballer. He played mainly in the position as Striker, but also as midfielder.

Football career

Bielser played his youth football by 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 the years 1952 and 1957 Bielser played a total of 106 games for Basel scoring a total 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 goal in the domestic league, three in the Cup and the other 10 were scored during the test games.[1]

The biggest success in his football career was as Basel won the championship title in Basel's 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 teams second most successful league goal scorer, all three netted time times for the club. Josef Hügi was the teams best scorer he netted 32 times.

Private life

Bielser was the eldest of three children. He grew up in Pratteln and did his apprentiseship as 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]

Titles and Honours

FC Basel

References

  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Walter Bielser". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Walter Bielser - Saison 1952/53". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2018-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ Personenlexikon. "Walter Bielser". Kanton Basel-Landschaft. Retrieved 2018-11-16. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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