Watty Corbett
Appearance
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Walter Samuel Corbett (26 November 1880 – 23 November 1960), nicknamed "Watty", was an English amateur footballer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
He was a member of the English team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament.
In 1908 he was a member of the full England squad who toured Europe for the first time, making three appearances in the space of seven days against Austria, Hungary and Bohemia; all three matches resulted in comfortable victories for England.
References
- Walter Corbett at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
External links
- Walter Corbett at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Walter Corbett at Olympics.com
- Walter Samuel Corbett at Englandstats.com
- Watty Corbett at EnglandFootballOnline.com
Categories:
- 1880 births
- 1955 deaths
- People from Wellington, Shropshire
- English footballers
- England international footballers
- England amateur international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Great Britain
- Association football fullbacks
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Birmingham City F.C. players
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
- Footballers at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- English Olympic medallists
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- English football defender, 1880s birth stubs