Walter Wigmore

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Walter Wigmore
Personal information
Date of birth 25 February 1873 (1873-02-25) (age 135)
Place of birth    Chipping Sodbury, England
Date of death    8 September 1931 (aged 58)
Place of death    Worksop, England
Playing position Inside forward / Centre-half
Youth clubs
Kiveton Park
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
0000–1895
1895–1896
1896
1896–1899
1899–1912
1912–1913		 Worksop Town
Sheffield United
Worksop Town
Gainsborough Trinity
Small Heath / Birmingham
Brierley Hill Alliance
001 0(0)

078 (42)
329 (23)
   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Walter Wigmore (25 February 1873 – 8 September 1931) was an English professional footballer who in the early part of his career played as an inside forward and later on as a centre-half. He made more than 400 appearances in the Football League over a playing career lasting 17 years.

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Walter Wigmore was born in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire but as a child moved with his family to Kiveton Park, South Yorkshire. He played football for his local club before joining Worksop Town.

He moved to newly-elected Second Division club Gainsborough Trinity in 1896, where he struck up an excellent strike partnership with Bob McRoberts. In March 1899 Small Heath paid a fee of £180 to reunite him with McRoberts. Tried at centre-half when Alex Leake was injured, he impressed so much that for nine years he remained first choice in that position, making the last of his 355 appearances for Birmingham only a few days before his 39th birthday. He was often penalised for dangerous play due to his unusual reluctance to head the ball, preferring to use his feet however high the ball came to him.

He died in Worksop at the age of 58.

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[edit] References

  • Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9. 
  • Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6. 
Persondata
NAME Wigmore, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1873-02-25
PLACE OF BIRTH Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England
DATE OF DEATH 1931-09-08
PLACE OF DEATH Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England