Alf Walker

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Alf Walker
Walker in a Port Vale team photo.
Personal information
Full name Alfred Samuel Walker[1]
Date of birth (1884-08-26)26 August 1884
Place of birth Upper Holloway, England[2]
Date of death 14 September 1961(1961-09-14) (aged 77)[1]
Place of death Newcastle-under-Lyme, England[1]
Position(s)
Outside left
Youth career
Wolverton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1907 Northampton Town
1907–1909 Leyton
1909–1910 Brentford 14 (3)
1910–1911 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 (2)
1911–1914 Port Vale 71 (7)
Dunfermline Athletic
Total 103+ (9+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred Samuel Walker (26 August 1884 – 14 September 1961) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Career

Walker played for

The Old Recreation Ground on 26 January 1914 was out of action for some time.[1] He was released at the end of the season and moved on to Scottish side Dunfermline Athletic.[1]

Later life

By 1949, Walker was working as the managing director of Sanitary Supply Co Ltd in Burslem.[5]

Career statistics

Source:[6]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1909–10 Southern League First Division 14 3 0 0 14 3
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1909–10 Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
1910–11 Second Division 31 2 3 0 34 2
Total 32 2 3 0 35 2
Port Vale 1911–12 Central League 23 1 0 0 0 0
1912–13 Central League 33 6 4 1 37 7
1913–14 Central League 15 0 1 0 16 0
Total 71 7 5 1 76 8

Honours

Port Vale

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0-9529152-0-0
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  2. ^
    ISBN 978-1905891610
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  3. ISBN 0951526200
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  4. ^ "Wolverhampton Wanderers Players a-Z". Scribd.com. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
  5. ^ "A Port Vale programme from 1949". onevalefan.co.uk. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  6. ^ Alf Walker at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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