Jim Walker (Scottish footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Walker[1] | ||
Place of birth | Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1914–1919 | Queen's Park | 15 | (3) |
1919–1925 | Third Lanark | 189 | (7) |
1925–1926 | Dundee United | 33 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Walker was a Scottish professional football inside forward who made over 180 appearances in the Scottish League for Third Lanark. He also played for Dundee United and Queen's Park.
Personal life
Walker's brothers Willie and Frank were also Queen's Park footballers.[2] He served in the Glasgow Highlanders during the First World War.[2]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Queen's Park | 1913–14[1] | Scottish First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1914–15[1] | 13 | 4 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 15 | 4 | |||
1918–19[1] | 4 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
Total | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 4 | ||
Third Lanark | 1919–20[3] | Scottish First Division | 40 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | |
1920–21[3] | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | |||
1921–22[3] | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | |||
1922–23[3] | 30 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | 38 | 2 | |||
1923–24[3] | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | |||
1924–25[3] | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
Total | 189 | 7 | 18 | 0 | — | 207 | 7 | |||
Dundee United | 1925–26[4] | Scottish First Division | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 3 | |
Career total | 241 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 264 | 14 |
- ^ Appearance in the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup.
- ^ 1 appearance in Glasgow Cup, 1 appearance in War Fund Shield.
- ^ Appearance in Victory Cup.
References
- ^ a b c d "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Queen's Park And The Great War: 1914 To 1918" (PDF). p. 13. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ "Jim Walker | Player Statistics | Dundee United (Arab Archive)". www.arabarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2018.