Walter Freeman (footballer)

Personal information
Walter Freeman
Full name	Walter D. Freeman
Date of birth	June 1887
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Place of death	Birmingham, England
Playing position	Inside-forward
Youth clubs
–1904 1904–1905 1905–1906	Aston Martin Lowestoft Town Aston Villa
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1906–1909 1909–1911 1911–1914 1914 1914–1915 1915–	Fulham Birmingham Walsall Leyton Orient (trial) Wellington Town Walsall	61 (23) 36 (11)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Walter D. Freeman (born June 1887 in Handsworth, Birmingham, died in Birmingham) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside-forward.

With Fulham he won the Southern League championship in 1906–07, which resulted in their election to the Second Division, and scored their first ever goal in the Football League, the only goal of the game at Derby County.^[1]

He was Birmingham's top scorer in 1909–10 with 10 goals.

His brother Bert Freeman was an England international and a prolific goalscorer for Woolwich Arsenal, Everton, Burnley and Wigan Borough.

[edit] Notes

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-010-2.
Kaufman, Neil (August 5, 2003). Walter Freeman. LOFCOnline (a Leyton Orient F.C. fansite. Retrieved on 2007-08-24. (Sourced from the author's book: Kaufman, Neilson; Alan Ravenhill (2002-07-01). The Men Who Made Leyton Orient FC. Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0752424122. )

Persondata
NAME	Freeman, Walter D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Handsworth, Birmingham, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH	Birmingham, England