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Billy Walker
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| Billy Walker | ||
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| Full name | William Walker | |
| Date of birth | October 25, 1897 | |
| Place of birth |  Wednesbury, England |
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| Date of death | November 28, 1964 (aged 67) | |
| Place of death | Sheffield, England |
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| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
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| 1914-1919 | Aston Villa | |
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| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1919-1933 | Aston Villa | 531 (244) |
| National team | ||
| 19??-19?? | England |
18 (8) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1933-1937 1938 1939-1960 |
Sheffield Wednesday Chelmsford City Nottingham Forest |
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Billy Walker (29 October 1897 - 28 November 1964) was a prominent English footballer of the 1920s and 1930s.
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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.
Winner
- 1920 FA Cup
Runner Up
- 1924 FA Cup
Winner
- 1935 FA Cup
Winner
- 1959 FA Cup
Runner Up
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Dickinson (1891–1920) • B. Brown (1920–1933) • Walker (1933–1937) • McMullan (1937–1942) • Taylor (1942–1958) • Catterick (1958–1961) • Buckingham (1961–1964) • A. Brown (1964–1968) • Marshall (1968–1969) • Williams (1969–1971) • Dooley (1971–1973) • Burtenshaw (1974–1975) • Ashurst (1975–1977) • Charlton (1977–1983) • Setters (1983c) • Wilkinson (1983–1988) • Eustace (1988–1989) • Atkinson (1989–1991) • Francis (1991–1995) • Pleat (1995–1997) • Shreeves (1997c) • Atkinson (1997–1998) • Wilson (1998–2000) • Shreeves (2000c) • Jewell (2000–2001) • Shreeves (2001) • Yorath (2001–2002) • Green (2002c) • Turner (2002–2004) • Smith (2004c) • Sturrock (2004–2006) • McAuley (2006c) • Laws (2006–) |
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Radford (1889–97) • Haslam (1897–1909) • Earp (1909–12) • Masters (1912–25) • Baynes (1925–29) • Hardy (1930–31) • Watson (1931–36) • Wightman (1936–39) • Walker (1939–60) • Beattie (1960–63) • Carey (1963–68) • Gillies (1969–72) • Mackay (1972–73) • Brown (1973–75) • Clough (1975–93) • Clark (1993–96) • Pearce (1996–97) • Bassett (1997–99) • Adams (1999) • Atkinson (1999) • Platt (1999–2001) • Hart (2001–04) • Kinnear (2004) • Harford (2004–05) • Megson (2005–06) • Barlow & McParland (2006) • Calderwood (2006–) |
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