Charlie Walker (footballer, born 1911)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Charles Edward Walker | ||
Date of birth | 14 May 1911 | ||
Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
Date of death | 7 May 1990 | (aged 78)||
Place of death |
Jacksonville , Florida, US | ||
Height | 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) |
Left-back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1935–1936 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
1935–1936 | → Margate (loan) | ||
1936–1939 | West Ham United | 110 | (0) |
1946–1948 | Margate | ||
1948–1951 |
Ashford Town (Kent) | 77 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
1946–1948 | Margate | ||
1948–1951 |
Ashford Town (Kent) | ||
? –1953 | Ramsgate | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Charles Edward Walker (14 May 1911 – 7 May 1990) was an English
Born in Nottingham, Walker started his career at Arsenal. He spent a period on loan to Arsenal's nursery club Margate,[3] but never played a first-team game for Arsenal themselves, with opportunities limited by the presence of England captain Eddie Hapgood. Walker joined West Ham United in 1936, and went on to make 118 league and cup appearances for the east London club.[4]
After the outbreak of World War II, Walker's three Second Division appearances of
Walker played in 21 games of the first peacetime League South season of 1945–46, which included pre-war First and Second Division clubs. His last game for West Ham was a 3–3 away draw against Wolves that season.[4]
After this, Walker rejoined Margate as
Honours
- 1937–1938 as a Margate player
- Southern League Championship winner
- Southern League Eastern Section winner
- Southern League Central Section winner
- Kent Senior Cup Winner[7]
- Kent Senior Shield Winner[8]
- 1939–1940 as a West Ham player
- Football League War Cup Finalwinner
- 1946–1947 as Margate player/manager
- Kent League winner
- 1947–1948 as Margate player/manager
- Kent League winner
- Kent League Cup winner
- Kent Senior Shield Winner
- 1948–1949 as Ashford Town player/coach
- Kent League winner
Managerial statistics (League Matches)
Team | League | Season | Record | |||||||
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Games | Won | Draw | Loss | Win % | ||||||
Margate | Kent League | 1946–1947 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 53.33 | |||
1947–1948 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 70.59 | |||||
Total | 64 | 40 | 10 | 14 | 62.50 | |||||
Ashford Town
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Kent League | 1948–1949 | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 67.65 | |||
1949–1950 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 46.88 | |||||
1950–1951 | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 56.25 | |||||
Total | 98 | 56 | 21 | 21 | 57.14 | |||||
Total | 162 | 96 | 31 | 35 | 59.26 |
References
- ^ "West Ham. 'We can't go on being pipped'". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. vi – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0.
- ^ a b c Trice, Jeff. "Charlie Walker". margatefootballclubhistory.com. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
- ISBN 978-1-909245-27-3.
- ^ Litster, John (November 2012). "W". A Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players (2 ed.). Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ "The Cup comes to Margate". www.margatefootballclubhistory.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Another Trophy for Margate". www.margatefootballclubhistory.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
External links
- Charlie Walker at westhamstats.info
- Charlie Walker at Margate Football Club History
- Charlie Walker player profile at Nuts and Bolts archive: History of Ashford Town