- Walter Boyes
Infobox Football biography
playername = Walter Boyes
fullname = Walter Edward Boyes
dateofbirth = birth date|1913|1|5|df=y
cityofbirth =Sheffield
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = September 1960 (aged 47)
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = height|ft=5|in=4
position = Outside left
youthyears =
youthclubs = Woodhouse Mills United
years = 1931–1938
1938–1949
1949–1950
1950–1951
clubs = West Bromwich Albion
Everton
Notts County
Scunthorpe United
caps(goals) = 151 (35)
066 (11)
003 0(1)
013 0(2)
nationalyears = 1935–1938
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 0(0)Walter Edward Boyes (
5 January 1913 – September 1960) was an English football player who earned three caps for the national team between 1935 and 1938. He played club football for West Bromwich Albion, Everton, Notts County and Scunthorpe United.Biography
Boyes was born in
Killamarsh , nearSheffield .cite book | last = Matthews | first = Tony | title = The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion | publisher = Breedon Books | date = 2005 | pages = p34–35 | isbn = 1-85983-474-4] After playing for Sheffield Boys and Woodhouse Mills United, he turned professional with West Bromwich Albion in February 1931. He scored in the 4–21935 FA Cup Final defeat to Sheffield Wednesday, the club he supported as a boy. In February 1938 Boyes joined Everton for a £6000 fee.During the
Second World War , he appeared as a guest player for Aldershot, Brentford, Clapton Orient, Leeds United, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Newcastle United, Preston North End and Sunderland.In June 1949, Boyes took up the role of player-coach at Notts County. He was Scunthorpe United's player-trainer between 1950 and 1953. He later became player-manager at Retford Town (1954) and Hyde United (1958). Boyes joined Swansea Town as trainer in 1959, but retired due to illness in May of the following year.
References
External links
* [http://www.englandstats.com/playerreport.php?pid=136 Player profile at EnglandStats.com]
* [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WESTBboyes.htm Player profile at Spartacus]
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