Walter Ponting

Walter Ponting
Personal information
Full name Walter Thomas Ponting
Date of birth (1913-04-13)13 April 1913
Place of birth Grimsby, England
Date of death 17 August 1960(1960-08-17) (aged 47)
Place of death Grimsby, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Humber United
1930–1936 Grimsby Town 12 (3)
1936–1938 Chesterfield 81 (35)
1938–1939 Lincoln City 23 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Thomas Ponting (13 April 1913 – 17 August 1960),[2] also known as Wally Ponting, was a professional footballer who scored 53 goals from 116 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre forward for Grimsby Town, Chesterfield and Lincoln City.[3]

  1. ^ "Chesterfield. £13,000 stand and £3,000 spent on new players". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. x – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Walter Ponting". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2010. Access individual season statistics via Season Stats dropdown menu.
  3. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.