Billy Walker (footballer, born 1897)

Billy Walker
Walker in 1925
Personal information
Full name William Henry Walker
Date of birth (1897-10-29)29 October 1897
Place of birth Wednesbury, England
Date of death 28 November 1964(1964-11-28) (aged 67)
Place of death Radcliffe-on-Trent,[a] England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
1915–1919 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1919–1933 Aston Villa 478 (214)
International career
1920–1932 England 18 (9)
Managerial career
1933–1937 Sheffield Wednesday
1938 Chelmsford City
1939–1960 Nottingham Forest
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Henry Walker (29 October 1897 – 28 November 1964) was a prominent English footballer of the 1920s and 1930s.[2] He is considered by many to be one of the greatest footballers to ever play for Aston Villa and England. As a manager he won the FA Cup with each of Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest, some 24 years apart, a record which still stands.

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  2. ^ a b "Billy Walker". englandstats.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Mr. Billy Walker". The Times. London. 30 November 1964. p. 14. Mr. Billy Walker, the former Aston Villa and England inside forward and manager of Nottingham Forest when they won the F.A. Cup in 1959, died in Nottingham on Saturday.
    Woodward, Eric (28 November 1964). "Billy Walker, Villa idol for 20 years, is dead". Evening Mail and Despatch. Birmingham. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
    L.T.S. (28 November 1964). "Soccer's loss: Billy Walker dead". Leicester Mercury. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
    "Death of Billy Walker". Evening Sentinel. Stoke-on-Trent. 28 November 1964. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995 for William Henry Walker". 1966 p. 61 – via Ancestry.co.uk. WALKER William Henry of Cotteswood Bunny Hill Costock Nottinghamshire died 28 November 1964 at Saxondale Hospital Radcliffe on Trent Nottinghamshire Administration (with Will) Nottingham 3 March to Sarah Elizabeth Walker widow.


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