Walter Bielser (20 May 1929 – 10 August 2004) was a Swiss footballer who played mainly as a forward, but also as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Bielser | ||
| Date of birth | 20 May 1929 | ||
| Place of birth | Pratteln, Switzerland | ||
| Date of death | 10 August 2004 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Pratteln, Switzerland | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| 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 | |||
Football career
editBielser 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.
Private life
editBielser 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]
Honours
editFC Basel
References
edit- ^ "Walter Bielser". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Walter Bielser - Saison 1952/53". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ Personenlexikon. "Walter Bielser". Kanton Basel-Landschaft. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
Sources
edit- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
- Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage