Walther Bensemann (13 January 1873 – 12 November 1934) was a German pioneer of football and founder of the country's major sports publication, Kicker.

When he moved to Karlsruhe in order to complete his school-leavers' exam, he began to spread the sport around the German Empire.

[citation needed] In 1920, Bensemann founded Kicker, which evolved soon into Germany's leading football magazine, a status which it retains today.

[citation needed] In 1933, the Nazi Machtergreifung in Germany compelled Benseman to move to Montreux where he died soon, relatively unnoticed and without means.

[citation needed] The German academy for football culture gives the Walther Bensemann prize every year to[2] a person for extraordinary dedication with courage and a pioneering spirit, for social responsibility, fairplay, intercultural understanding in and around football.