Willie Walker (footballer)

Willie Walker
Personal information
Full name William F Walker[1]
Place of birth Scotland
Playing position Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1911–1914 Queen's Park 23 (9)

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


William F "Willie" Walker was a Scottish amateur football centre forward who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[1]

Personal life

Walker's brothers Jim and Frank were also Queen's Park footballers.[2] Prior to the First World War, Walker worked for the Todd & Walker law firm in Paisley.[2] During the war he served as a lieutenant in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and was wounded in May 1917.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "QPFC.com - A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  2. 1 2 3 "Queen's Park And The Great War: 1914 To 1918" (PDF). p. 13. Retrieved 14 October 2016.


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