Billy Walker

Billy Walker

Infobox Football biography
playername = "Billy Walker"


fullname = William Walker
dateofbirth = October 25 1897
cityofbirth = Wednesbury
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1964|11|28|1897|10|25
cityofdeath = Sheffield
countryofdeath = England
height = height|ft=6|in=0
position = Striker
currentclub =
youthyears = 1914-1919
youthclubs = Aston Villa
years = 1919-1933
clubs = Aston Villa
caps(goals) = 478 (214) [cite web|url=http://web.telia.com/~u27301997/1383.html|title=Aston Villa Player Database - Billy Walker]
nationalyears = 19??-19??
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 018 00(8)
manageryears = 1933-1937
1938
1939-1960
managerclubs = Sheffield Wednesday
Chelmsford City
Nottingham Forest

Billy Walker (29 October, 1897 - 28 November, 1964) was a prominent English footballer of the 1920s and 1930s.

Biography

One of Aston Villa's true legends, Walker was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire. He joined Villa in 1914 and stayed at Villa Park his entire playing career, retiring in 1934.

He made 531 appearances for Villa between 1919 and 1933, scoring 244 goals. He remains Aston Villa FC's all-time top goalscorer to this day. He was an FA Cup Winner with Villa in 1920.

Walker played for England 18 times, scoring 8 goals.

He also successfully managed Sheffield Wednesday leading them to the FA Cup in 1935, and Nottingham Forest from 1939 to 1960, bringing promotion to the First Division in 1956-57 and an FA Cup final triumph two years later. He was also the first Englishman to score at Wembley, when he scored against Scotland on April 12, 1924.

Career honours

Honours as player

Aston Villa

Winner
* 1920 FA CupRunner Up
* 1924 FA Cup

Honours as manager

heffield Wednesday

Winner
* 1935 FA Cup

Nottingham Forest

Winner
* 1959 FA CupRunner Up
* 1957 Football League Second Division

References

External links

* [http://www.adrianbullock.com/swfc/stats/man0002.htm Billy Walker career stats] at [http://www.adrianbullock.com/ AdrianBullock.com]


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