Cyril Walker (footballer)

Cyril John Walker (24 February 1914 – July 2002) was an English professional football player and manager.

Cyril Walker
Personal information
Full name Cyril John Walker[1]
Date of birth 24 February 1914
Place of birth Newport Pagnell, England
Date of death July 2002 (aged 88)
Place of death Chatham, England
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hitchin Town
Leavesden Mental Hospital
1935–1937 Watford 0 (0)
1937 Gillingham 10 (3)
1937–1938 Sheffield Wednesday 4 (0)
Chelmsford City
Shorts Sports
1946–1947 Norwich City 3 (2)
Snowdown Colliery Welfare
1951–1952 Margate
Dartford
Chatham Town
Managerial career
Beckenham Town
Ware
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Newport Pagnell, Walker started his football career as a striker in Hertfordshire, with Hitchin Town and Leavesden Mental Hospital. He joined Watford as a professional in 1935, but after failing to play a competitive game, joined Gillingham at the end of the 1936–37 season. His time at Gillingham was brief; after scoring 4 goals in 11 competitive games, he moved clubs again in October 1937, this time to Sheffield Wednesday. He spent most of the rest of his career in English wartime or non-league football, but had a brief spell at Norwich City in 1946–47, before finishing his playing days at Snowdown Colliery Welfare, Dartford, Chatham Town and Margate. Following his playing career, Walker served as manager for Beckenham[2] and in 1955/6 for Ware.

References
  1. "Cyril Walker". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  2. "Cyril Walker". Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2008.


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