Jock Walker
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John A Walker[1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 October 1882[1] | ||
Place of birth | Beith, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 16 December 1968[2] | (aged 86)||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Eastern Burnside | |||
Cambuslang Rangers | |||
–1903 | Burnbank Athletic | ||
1903–1904 | Raith Rovers | 7 | (0) |
1904–1907 | Rangers | 14 | (0) |
1904–1905 | Beith (loan) | ||
1905 | → Ayr Parkhouse (loan) | ||
1905 | → Royal Albert (loan) | ||
1906–1907 | → Cowdenbeath (loan) | 19 | (1) |
1907–1913 | Swindon Town | 223 | (0) |
1913–1921 | Middlesbrough | 106 | (0) |
1915–1916 | → Swindon Town (guest) | ||
1921–1923 | Reading | 59 | (0) |
International career | |||
1911–1913 | Scotland | 9 | (0) |
Southern League XI | 4 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John A. Walker (8 October 1882 – 16 December 1968) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left back and is perhaps best remembered for his six seasons in the Southern League with Swindon Town.[1][3] He also played in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers, Rangers and Cowdenbeath and in the Football League for Middlesbrough and Reading.[2][4][5][6]
He won 9 caps for Scotland at international level and represented the Southern League XI.[2][7]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Raith Rovers | 1903–04[2] | Scottish League Second Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
Rangers | 1905–06[8][a] | Scottish League First Division | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |
Cowdenbeath (loan) | 1906–07[2] | Scottish League Second Division | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |
Swindon Town | 1907–08[9] | Southern League First Division | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
1908–09[9] | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
1909–10[9] | 40 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
1910–11[9] | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
1911–12[9] | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
1912–13[9] | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
Total | 223 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 257 | 0 | ||
Middlesbrough | 1913–14[10] | First Division | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | |
1914–15[10] | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |||
1919–20[10] | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | |||
1920–21[10] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
Total | 106 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 109 | 0 | |||
Reading | 1921–22[6] | Third Division South | 31 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||
1922–23[6] | 28 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||||
Total | 59 | 0 | — | — | 59 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 428 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 471 | 1 |
- ^ In the source, Walker's one-year Rangers spell has been appended in error onto that of an older player of the same name whose career as a forward with the club ended at the same time as the younger player arrived.
- ^ a b c Appearances in Southern League Cup.
Honours
Club
Swindon Town
Individual
References
- ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 298. ISBN 9781905891610.
- ^ a b c d e Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ (Smith 2013, p. 279)
- ^ "Super jock Jock was a rock in Town's defence". Swindon Advertiser. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ "Oldest and Youngest Players". RoyalsRecord. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "John Walker (Jock Walker)". Athletic News. 28 March 1910. Retrieved 22 September 2018 – via "Play Up, Liverpool".
- ^ "John Walker | Scotland | Scottish FA". www.scottishfa.co.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "Rangers Player John Walker, Games Played". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk – Jock WALKER – Player Profile". swindon-town-fc.co.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d "John Walker". 11v11.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "Football Club History Database – Swindon Town". fchd.info. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "Cowdenbeath FC – Blue Brazil Online | Cowden | The Beath". www.cowdenbeathfc.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- Sources
- Smith, Paul (2013). Scotland Who's Who. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 9781909178847.
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External links
Categories:
- 1882 births
- 1968 deaths
- Sportspeople from North Ayrshire
- Scottish footballers
- Scotland international footballers
- Raith Rovers F.C. players
- Beith F.C. players
- Ayr Parkhouse F.C. players
- Royal Albert F.C. players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. players
- Middlesbrough F.C. players
- Reading F.C. players
- Association football fullbacks
- Southern Football League players
- English Football League players
- Cambuslang Rangers F.C. players
- Burnbank Athletic F.C. players
- Cowdenbeath F.C. players
- Swindon Town F.C. wartime guest players
- Southern Football League representative players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
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