Walter Freeman (footballer)

Walter Freeman (footballer)

Infobox Football biography
playername = Walter Freeman


fullname = Walter D. Freeman
dateofbirth = June 1887
cityofbirth = Birmingham
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath = Birmingham
countryofdeath = England
height =
position = Inside-forward
youthyears = –1904
1904–1905
1905–1906
youthclubs = Aston Martin
Lowestoft Town
Aston Villa
years = 1906–1909
1909–1911
1911–1914
1914
1914–1915
1915–
clubs = Fulham
Birmingham
Walsall
Leyton Orient (trial)
Wellington Town
Walsall

caps(goals) = 61 (23)
36 (11)



Walter D. Freeman (born June 1887 in Handsworth, Birmingham, died in Birmingham) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside-forward.

With Fulham he won the Southern League championship in 1906–07, which resulted in their election to the Second Division, and scored their first ever goal in the Football League, the only goal of the game at Derby County. [cite web
url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/ClubHistory/EarlyDays.aspx | title=Early Days | accessdate=2007-08-23 | publisher=Fulham F.C.
]

He was Birmingham's top scorer in 1909–10 with 10 goals.

His brother Bert Freeman was an England international and a prolific goalscorer for Woolwich Arsenal, Everton, Burnley and Wigan Borough.

Notes

References

*cite book
author=Matthews, Tony | title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record | year=1995 | publisher=Breedon Books | isbn=1-85983-010-2

*cite web
url=http://leytonorient.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=960&p=2&stid=8316905 | title=Walter Freeman | author=Kaufman, Neil | work=LOFCOnline (a Leyton Orient F.C. fansite | date=August 5, 2003 | accessdate=2007-08-24
(Sourced from the author's book: cite book
title=The Men Who Made Leyton Orient FC | author=Kaufman, Neilson | coauthors=Alan Ravenhill | date=2002-07-01 | publisher=Tempus Publishing | isbn=0752424122
)

Persondata
NAME = Freeman, Walter D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = June 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH = Handsworth, Birmingham, England
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH = Birmingham, England


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