Jock Walker

For other people with the same name, see John Walker.

Jock Walker
Personal information
Full name John Walker
Date of birth 17 November 1883[1]
Place of birth Beith, Scotland
Date of death 16 December 1968(1968-12-16) (aged 86)[2]
Place of death Swindon, England
Position(s) Left back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1900–1901 Eastern Burnside
1901–1902 Cambuslang Rangers
1902–1903 Burnbank Athletic
1903–1904 Raith Rovers 7 (0)
1904–1907 Rangers 14 (0)
1904–1905 → Beith (loan)
1905 → Ayr Parkhouse (loan)
1905 → Royal Albert (loan)
1906–1907 → Cowdenbeath (loan) 19 (1)
1907–1913 Swindon Town 223 (0)
1913–1921 Middlesbrough 106 (0)
1915–1916 → Swindon Town (guest) 9 (0)
1921–1923 Reading 59 (0)
International career
1911–1913 Scotland 9 (0)
Southern League XI 4
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Walker (17 November 1883 – 16 December 1968) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left back and is perhaps best remembered for his six seasons in the Southern League with Swindon Town.[3][4] He also played in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers, Rangers and Cowdenbeath and in the Football League for Middlesbrough and Reading.[2][5][6][7][8] Although convicted of sexual assault and imprisoned in 1917, he was able to resume his career upon being released.[1] After retiring from football he ran a fish-and-chip shop in Swindon.[1]

Walker won nine caps for Scotland at international level[2][nb 1][9][10][11] and represented the Southern League XI.[12][13][14]

  1. ^ a b c Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Litster was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 298. ISBN 9781905891610.
  4. ^ (Smith 2013, p. 279)
  5. ^ "Super jock Jock was a rock in Town's defence". Swindon Advertiser. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Oldest and Youngest Players". RoyalsRecord. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  7. ^ "John Walker (Jock Walker)". Athletic News. 28 March 1910. Retrieved 22 September 2018 – via Play Up, Liverpool.
  8. ^ "Walker John "Jock" Image 1 Reading 1921". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  9. ^ Scotland player Jock Walker, London Hearts Supporters Club
  10. ^ Ireland v Scotland 1913, Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937, 17 March 2014
  11. ^ McLaughlin, Martyn (3 January 2015). "The Scotland game that was nearly life and death". The Scotsman. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  12. ^ Football. Southern League, 1; Scottish League, 0, The Glasgow Herald, 25 October 1910
  13. ^ Football. Southern League, 1; Scottish League, 0, The Glasgow Herald, 15 October 1912
  14. ^ Football League v Southern League, Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937, 27 November 2017


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