Jimmy Walker (footballer, born 1925)

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Jimmy Walker
Personal information
Date of birth 1925 (1925)
Place of birth Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position Winger
Youth career
Renfrew
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1944–1947 Heart of Midlothian [1] 7 (1)
1947–1956 Partick Thistle [2] 162 (72)
1956–1957 Third Lanark [3] 20 (13)
Total189(86)
International career
1946 Scotland 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jimmy Walker (born 1925, date of death unknown) was a Scottish footballer, who played as a winger for Renfrew, Heart of Midlothian, Partick Thistle and Third Lanark. [4]

Born in Detroit, Michigan [5] [6] but raised in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Walker represented Scotland once, in January 1946. [7] Walker is deceased. [8]

See also

References

  1. "HEARTS : 1946/47 – 2011/12". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  2. "PARTICK THISTLE : 1946/47 – 2011/12". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  3. "THIRD LANARK : 1946/47 – 1966/67". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  4. Jimmy Walker, The Scottish Football Historian (via Partick Thistle History Archive)
  5. "Scotland player Jimmy Walker". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  6. "Hearts player Jimmy Walker". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  7. Jimmy Walker at the Scottish Football Association
  8. "Dundee legend Doug Cowie: Oldest surviving Scotland internationalist, last link to storied era, 'best-ever, better than Billy Steel'". The Scotsman. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2023.