John Walker (footballer, born 1902)

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John Walker
Personal information
Date of birth 1 February 1902 [1]
Place of birth Dalmuir, Scotland [1]
Position(s) Outside left [2]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Yoker Athletic
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
1920–1927 Hibernian 195 (41)
1927–1929 Swindon Town 20 (4)
1929–1930 Ebbw Vale
1930–1931 Bath City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Walker (born 1 February 1902) was a Scottish footballer who played for Yoker Athletic, Kirkintilloch Rob Roy, Hibernian, Swindon Town, Ebbw Vale and Bath City. His position was outside left.

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Career

Born in Dalmuir (now part of Clydebank), Walker began his playing career with local Junior team Yoker Athletic, moving on Kirkintilloch Rob Roy in the same system. [1] He may have been a provisional signing for Rangers [2] but did not play a competitive match for the Glasgow club before he was signed by Hibernian in November 1920. [1] [3]

He would spend the next seven years at Easter Road, during which the Hibees built a strong team (mostly brought in by manager Davy Gordon but improved by his successor Alex Maley). [4] He joined the club around the same time as Jimmy Dunn and Johnny Halligan, [3] two other emerging forwards from the Glasgow area, and all three – along with the experienced Jimmy McColl – became important attacking elements of the team which played in two Scottish Cup finals in 1923 (lost to Celtic) [5] and 1924 (defeated by Airdrieonians). [6] He was given the nickname "darkie" due to his black hair. [3] [a]

After making 218 appearances for Hibernian in major competitions (46 goals), [1] Walker was allowed to leave the club on a free transfer in summer 1927, [7] joining Swindon Town of the English Football League Third Division South for two seasons, where he was not a regular starter. [2] He then had spells in the Southern Football League with Ebbw Vale and Bath City before retiring.

The closest he came to any representative honours was an appearance in a Scottish Football League XI trial in 1925. [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ The name possibly also referenced a local player of the same name who played in the same position and had the same nickname owing to his Afro-Caribbean ethnicity, who had played for Hibs' rivals Leith Athletic and Hearts 20 years earlier.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hibernian player John Walker". FitbaStats. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Player profile: John Walker". Swindon-Town-FC. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "We Are Hibernian FC - Part Twenty One". Hibs.net. 12 October 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "David Smith Gordon". www.hibsprogrammes.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "Scottish Cup Final". Glasgow Herald. 2 April 1923. Retrieved 24 September 2018– via The Celtic Wiki.
  6. ↑ "We Are Hibernian FC - Part Twenty Four". Hibs.net. 6 January 2009. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "We Are Hibernian FC - Part Twenty Five". Hibs.net. 22 January 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  8. ↑ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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