Alf Walker
Alfred Samuel Walker (26 August 1884 – 14 September 1961) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
 Walker in a Port Vale team photo. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred Samuel Walker[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Upper Holloway, England[2] | ||
| Date of death | 14 September 1961 (aged 77)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Newcastle-under-Lyme, England[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Wolverton | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1906–1907 | Northampton Town | ||
| 1907–1909 | Leyton | ||
| 1909–1910 | Brentford | 14 | (3) |
| 1910–1911 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 32 | (2) |
| 1911–1914 | Port Vale | 71 | (7) |
| Dunfermline Athletic | |||
| Total | 103+ | (9+) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Playing career
Walker played for Wolverton, Northampton Town and Brentford,[2] before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers for a £150 fee in April 1910.[3] He scored twice 35 games for the club,[4] as they posted eighth and ninth places finishes in the Football League Second Division in 1909–10 and 1910–11. He joined non-league Port Vale in 1911, and enjoyed regular football in Burslem, helping the club to lift the Birmingham Senior Cup in 1913.[1] However, he lost his place in October 1913 and after colliding with low railings at The Old Recreation Ground on 26 January 1914 was out of action for some time.[1] He was released at the end of the season and moved on to Scottish side Dunfermline Athletic.[1]
Later life
By 1949, Walker was working as the managing director of Sanitary Supply Co Ltd in Burslem.[5]
Statistics
Source:[6]
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brentford | 1909–10 | Southern League First Division | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1909–10 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1910–11 | Second Division | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |
| Total | 32 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
| Port Vale | 1911–12 | Central League | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912–13 | Central League | 33 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 7 | |
| 1913–14 | Central League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Total | 71 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 76 | 8 | ||
References
- Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 299. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 297. ISBN 190589161X.
- White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 95. ISBN 0951526200.
- "Wolverhampton Wanderers Players a-Z". Scribd.com. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
- "A Port Vale programme from 1949". onevalefan.co.uk. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- Alf Walker at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)