Robert Walker (footballer, born 1884)

Robert Walker
Personal information
Full name Robert Henry Walker
Date of birth 1884
Place of birth Northallerton, England
Date of death late 1940s
Place of death Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Playing position Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1906 Middlesbrough 14 (3)
1906–1908 Tottenham Hotspur 25 (3)
1908–1909 New Brompton 8[1] (0)
1909–1910 Northampton Town
1910–1911 Millwall 16
1911–1912 Luton Town 28 (8)
1912–1915 Bristol Rovers 108 (11)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Robert Henry "Bobbie" Walker (1884 – late 1940s) was a professional footballer who played for Luton Town, Bristol Rovers, Millwall, Northampton, New Brompton, Tottenham Hotspur, and Middlesbrough around the time of the First World War.

Walker joined Bristol Rovers from Luton town in 1912 after first playing for Middlesbrough, Spurs, New Brompton (now Gillingham), Northampton and Millwall and played 108 Southern League games, scoring forty two goals, before moving to the USA and continuing his footballing career in the Ohio League.

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. p. 129. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.


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