- Charlie Walker
:"For the former American astronaut, see
Charles Walker . For other persons named Charles Walker, seeCharles Walker (disambiguation) ."Charlie Walker (
May 14 ,1911 -May 7 ,1990 [http://www.margatefchistory.co.uk/charliewalker.htm Charlie Walker] ] ) was an English footballer who played mainly for West Ham United.Born in
Nottingham , Walker started his career at Arsenal. He spent a period on loan to Arsenal's nursery club Margate, but never played a first-team game for Arsenal themselves, with opportunities limited by the presence of England captainEddie Hapgood . Walker joined West Ham United in 1936, and went on to make 118 league and cup appearances for the East London club.Walker, a left back, played in all but one of the 1939-40
Football League War Cup games, leading to victory at Wembley in June 1940. He competed in a further 38 war-time matches before signing up with theRoyal Air Force .After the war, Walker played in 21 games of the new
Football League South , which included pre-war First and Second Division clubs. His last game for West Ham was a 3-3 away draw against Wolves that season, after which Walker rejoined Margate as secretary-manager.References
*cite book |last=Hogg |first=Tony |title=Who's Who of West Ham United |year=2005 |publisher=Profile Sports Media| id= ISBN 1 903135 50 8 |pages=208
External links
* [http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=662&united=Charlie_Walker Charlie Walker] at westhamstats.info
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