| Position: | Right Wing |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lb: | 180 |
| Played For: | Boston Bruins Chicago Blackhawks Detroit Red Wings |
| Birth Date: | December 9, 1913 |
| Birth Place: | Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1934 |
| Career End: | 1942 |
Philip Rudolph Besler (December 9, 1913 — February 13, 1995) was a Canadian hockey player who played 30 games in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, and Detroit Red Wings between 1935 and 1939. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1934 to 1942, was spent in different minor leagues. Besler was born in Melville, Saskatchewan.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1929–30 | Melville Millionaires | S-SSHL | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1930–31 | Melville Millionaires | S-SSHL | 20 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1932–33 | Humboldt Indians | N-SSHL | 17 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1933–34 | Prince Albert Mintos | SSHL | 21 | 31 | 4 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1934–35 | Boston Tiger Cubs | Can-Am | 38 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | ||
| 1935–36 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1935–36 | Boston Cubs | Can-Am | 29 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1936–37 | Portland Buckaroos | PCHL | 28 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1937–38 | Portland Buckaroos | PCHL | 38 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1938–39 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1938–39 | Providence Reds | IAHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1938–39 | Cleveland Barons | IAHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1938–39 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1938–39 | Pittsburgh Hornets | IAHL | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1939–40 | Omaha Knights | AHA | 48 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 26 | ||
| 1940–41 | Omaha Knights | AHA | 47 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1941–42 | Omaha Knights | AHA | 49 | 17 | 15 | 32 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | ||
| NHL totals | 30 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||