As a first class seaman, he was assigned to the battleship SMS Zrínyi in August 1914 and served on various ships in the Navy throughout the First World War.

[2] The left winger began his career at Rennweger SV in 1912 and in 1920 he switched to Rapid, Austria's leading football club at the time.

[2] Wesely joined FC Basel's first team for their 1932–33 season under head coach Karl Kurz.

[8] Wesley moved on to play and work for FC Nordstern Basel as player coach.

In 1936 Wesely moved to Belgium for a while, where he worked, among other things, as a trainer of Beerschot in Antwerpen.

After the end of the Second World War, Wesely returned to Vienna and first joined his club of origin Rennweg and then SC Red Star Penzing, before succumbing to a heart attack on 19 March 1949.

In the team, he shone especially in games against arch-rivals Hungary, against whom he scored 8 of his total 17 international goals.