Alf Walker

Alfred Samuel Walker (26 August 1884 – 14 September 1961) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Alf Walker
Walker in a Port Vale team photo.
Personal information
Full name Alfred Samuel Walker[1]
Date of birth (1884-08-26)26 August 1884
Place of birth Upper Holloway, England[2]
Date of death 14 September 1961(1961-09-14) (aged 77)[1]
Place of death Newcastle-under-Lyme, England[1]
Playing position(s) Outside left
Youth career
Wolverton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1907 Northampton Town
1907–1909 Leyton
1909–1910 Brentford 14 (3)
1910–1911 Wolverhampton Wanderers 32 (2)
1911–1914 Port Vale 71 (7)
Dunfermline Athletic
Total 103+ (9+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Walker played for Wolverton, Northampton Town and Brentford,[2] before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers for a £150 fee in April 1910.[3] He scored twice 35 games for the club,[4] as they posted eighth and ninth places finishes in the Football League Second Division in 1909–10 and 1910–11. He joined non-league Port Vale in 1911, and enjoyed regular football in Burslem, helping the club to lift the Birmingham Senior Cup in 1913.[1] However, he lost his place in October 1913 and after colliding with low railings at The Old Recreation Ground on 26 January 1914 was out of action for some time.[1] He was released at the end of the season and moved on to Scottish side Dunfermline Athletic.[1]

Later life

By 1949, Walker was working as the managing director of Sanitary Supply Co Ltd in Burslem.[5]

Statistics

Source:[6]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1909–10 Southern League First Division 14 3 0 0 14 3
Wolverhampton Wanderers1909–10Second Division100010
1910–11Second Division31230342
Total 32230352
Port Vale1911–12Central League2310000
1912–13Central League33641377
1913–14Central League15010160
Total 71751768

Honours

Port Vale
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References

  1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 299. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 297. ISBN 190589161X.
  3. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 95. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. "Wolverhampton Wanderers Players a-Z". Scribd.com. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
  5. "A Port Vale programme from 1949". onevalefan.co.uk. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  6. Alf Walker at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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