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Jimmy Walker (footballer, born 1925)

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Jimmy Walker
Personal information
Date of birth 1925
Place of birth Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Renfrew
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1944–1947 Heart of Midlothian[1] 7 (1)
1947–1956 Partick Thistle[2] 162 (72)
1956–1957 Third Lanark[3] 20 (13)
Total 189 (86)
International career
1946 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jimmy Walker (born 1925, date of death unknown) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a winger for Renfrew, Heart of Midlothian, Partick Thistle and Third Lanark.[4]

Born in Detroit, Michigan[5][6] but raised in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Walker represented Scotland once, in January 1946.[7] Walker is deceased.[8]

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References

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  1. ^ "HEARTS : 1946/47 – 2011/12". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  2. ^ "PARTICK THISTLE : 1946/47 – 2011/12". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  3. ^ "THIRD LANARK : 1946/47 – 1966/67". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  4. ^ Jimmy Walker, The Scottish Football Historian (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
  5. ^ "Scotland player Jimmy Walker". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Hearts player Jimmy Walker". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  7. ^ Jimmy Walker at the Scottish Football Association
  8. ^ "Dundee legend Doug Cowie: Oldest surviving Scotland internationalist, last link to storied era, 'best-ever, better than Billy Steel'". The Scotsman. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2023.