Robert Walker
Personal information
Full name Robert Henry Walker
Date of birth 1884
Place of birth Northallerton, England
Date of death late 1940s
Place of death Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Position(s) Inside Right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1906 Middlesbrough 14 (3)
1906–1908 Tottenham Hotspur 25 (3)
1908 New Brompton 8[1] (0)
1908–1910 Northampton Town 67 (24)
1910–1911 Millwall 16
1911–1912 Luton Town 28 (8)
1912–1915 Bristol Rovers 108 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Henry Walker (1884 – late 1940s) was a professional footballer who played for Luton Town, Bristol Rovers, Millwall, Northampton, New Brompton, Tottenham Hotspur, and Middlesbrough around the time of the First World War.

Walker joined Bristol Rovers from Luton town in 1912 after first playing for Middlesbrough, Spurs, New Brompton (now Gillingham), Northampton and Millwall and played 108 Southern League games, scoring forty two goals, before moving to the United States and continuing his footballing career in the Ohio League.

References

  1. Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. p. 129. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.
  • Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. pp. 100 & 493. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.
  • Grande, Frank (1997). Northampton Town F.C. - The Official Centenary History 1897-1997 - Yore Publications - ISBN 1-874427-67-4


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