Dawson Walker

For the Georgia justice, see Dawson A. Walker. For Church of England clergyman, see Dawson Dawson-Walker.

Dawson Walker
Personal information
Full name Dawson Walker
Date of birth (1916-03-14)14 March 1916
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Date of death 17 August 1973(1973-08-17) (aged 57)
Managerial career
Years Team
1958 Scotland (caretaker)

Dawson Walker (14 March 1916 – 17 August 1973) was manager of the Scotland national football team in 1958.[1] Walker was left in charge of the players due to the Munich air disaster, in which official manager Matt Busby was seriously injured.[2][3]

  1. ^ "CLYDE'S CAPPED SCOTLAND PLAYERS". Clyde FC. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Matt Busby - Scotland A Squad Coach". Scottish Football Association. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011.
  3. ^ Brown, Alan; Tossani, Gabriele (13 December 2018). "Scotland - International Matches 1956-1960". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2019.