Walter Bielser

For Swiss curler, see Walter Bielser (curler).

Walter Bielser (20 May 1929 – 10 August 2004) was a Swiss footballer who played mainly as a forward, but also as a midfielder.

Walter Bielser

Personal information
Full name	Walter Bielser
Date of birth	(1929-05-20)20 May 1929
Place of birth	Pratteln, Switzerland
Date of death	10 August 2004(2004-08-10) (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

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.

Private life

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]

Honours

FC Basel

• Swiss League Champion: 1952–53