Wilf Walsh

Infobox Football biography
playername = Wilf Walsh


fullname = Wilfred Walsh
dateofbirth = 29 July 1917
cityofbirth = Pontlottyn
countryofbirth = Wales
dateofdeath = 1977
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
position = Outside right, Inside forward
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1935-1939 1936-1938 1938-1947 1947-1948
clubs = Arsenal → Margate (loan) Derby County Walsall
caps(goals) = 03 (0) 01 (0) 33 (4)
manageryears =
managerclubs = Redditch United Hednesford Town

Wilfred "Wilf" Walsh (born Pontlottyn, 29 July 1917, died 1977) was a Welsh footballer who played at outside right and inside forward.

He started his career at Arsenal in 1935, turning professional in 1936. However he spent two years on loan at Arsenal's nursery club Margate before returning to the Gunners and making his league debut against Preston North End on October 22 1938, a match that Arsenal won 1-0. Walsh made a total of three first-class appearances for Arsenal, all of them in the First Division, before being transferred to Derby County in June 1939.cite book
author=Harris, Jeff & Hogg, Tony (ed.)
title=Arsenal Who's Who
publisher=Independent UK Sports
year=1995
id=ISBN 1-899429-03-4 ]

Walsh played for Derby during World War II and made a single League appearance in 1946-47. He moved to Walsall in March 1947 and made 33 appearances for them before his retirement from League football in 1948, making a total of 37 Football League appearances in a career interrupted by the Second World War. [cite book | first=Michael|last=Joyce | title=Football League Players' Records 1888–1939| publisher=Tony Brown | year=2004| id=ISBN 1-8994-6867-6] [cite book | first=Barry J.|last= Hugman | title=Canon League Football Players' Records 1946-1984| publisher=Newnes Books | year=1984| id=ISBN 0-6003-7318-5] Walsh later managed non-league sides Redditch United and Hednesford Town.

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