Walter Crook
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Crook[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 April 1913[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Whittle-le-Woods, Chorley, England | ||
| Date of death | 27 December 1988 (aged 76) | ||
| Place of death | Mellor, England | ||
| Position(s) | Full back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1931–1947 | Blackburn Rovers | 236 | (2) |
| 1947–1948 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | (0) |
| Total | 264 | (2) | |
| International career | |||
| 1939 | England (wartime) | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1948–1950 | Ajax | ||
| 1950 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
| 1950–1953 | Accrington Stanley | ||
| 1953–1954 | Ajax | ||
| 1954–1955 | Wigan Athletic | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Walter Crook (28 April 1913 – 27 December 1988) was an English football player and manager.
Career
[edit]Playing career
[edit]Crook, who played as a full back, played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers, making a total of 264 appearances.[2] He holds the record for most consecutive Football League appearances by a Blackburn player (208 between 1934 and 1946).[3]
Crook also made one wartime international appearance for England in 1939.[4]
Coaching career
[edit]Crook managed Dutch side Ajax[5] between 1948 and 1950, and again between 1953 and 1954. He also managed Sparta Rotterdam[6][7] and English club sides Accrington Stanley and Wigan Athletic.
Personal life
[edit]Walter was born in Whittle-le-Woods, the son of Jane Parker and Alfred Crook.[8] He was married to Doris Sutcliffe.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Walter Crook". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "Walter Crook". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
- ^ "Blackburn Official - Club Records". rovers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "England - War-Time/Victory Internationals - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
- ^ "Onze nieuwe trainer Walter Crook" (in Dutch). Clubnieuws Ajax. 1 August 1948. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Sparta heeft een nieuwe trainer" (in Dutch). Het Vrije Volk. 4 July 1950. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Dynamische Toon komt terug" (in Dutch). Het Vrije Volk. 2 December 1950. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Walter Crook". Stadsarchief Amsterdam. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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- 1913 births
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