Frank Walker (Scottish footballer)

Frank Walker
Personal information
Full name	Francis Gemmell Fulton Walker
Date of birth	1897
Place of birth	Lochwinnoch, Scotland
Date of death	1949 (aged 51–52)
Place of death	Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s)	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1916–1917	Queen's Park
1919–1927	Third Lanark
International career
1922	Scotland
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francis Gemmell Fulton Walker (1897–1949) was a Scottish professional football inside forward who made over 180 appearances in the Scottish League for Third Lanark.^[1]^[3] He was capped by Scotland at international level.^[4]

Personal life

Walker attended Paisley Grammar School and his two older brothers, Willie and Jim, also played football for Queen's Park.^[2] After leaving school, he took up a job as a civil servant.^[5] In March 1917, during the First World War, Walker was called up to serve with the Royal Field Artillery.^[2] Holding the rank of bombardier, he was part of the Army of Occupation and was stationed in Cologne.^[2] After retiring from football due to a broken leg, Walker became an income tax inspector.^[6]

^ ^a ^b "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Queen's Park And The Great War: 1914 To 1918" (PDF). p. 13. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
^ Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 278.
^ "Some Football Reminisces By Frank Walker" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
^ Walker 1928, p. 5.

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