Walter Crickmer

Walter Raymond Crickmer
Personal information
Date of birth 1900
Place of birth Wigan, Lancashire, England
Date of death 6 February 1958
Place of death Munich, Germany
Teams managed
Years Team
1931–1932 Manchester United
1937–1945 Manchester United

Walter Raymond Crickmer (1900 – 6 February 1958) was an English football club secretary and manager.

He became Manchester United club secretary in 1926.[1] He twice assumed managerial responsibility: from 1 April 1931 to 1 June 1932, and then again from 1 August 1937 to 1 February 1945.

Together with club owner James W. Gibson, he was responsible for instituting the youth development system at Manchester United. After 32 years of service as club secretary, Crickmer was killed in the Munich air disaster on 6 February 1958.[2][3][4] He is buried at Stretford Cemetery.[5]

Managerial statistics

Team Nat From To Record
G W L D Win %
Manchester United April 1931 June 1932 49 19 20 10 38.78
Manchester United August 1944 February 1945 512 250 272 0 0.00

References

  1. ^ "Manchester United Manager Biographies". http://www.btinternet.com/~c.beirne/public/managers2.htm. Retrieved 9 December 2008. 
  2. ^ List of Fatalities of the Munich air disaster
  3. ^ "Olive was ultimate club man". Manchester Evening News. 24 May 2006. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester_united/s/214/214068_olive_was_ultimate_club_man.html. Retrieved 9 December 2008. 
  4. ^ Williams, Richard (2 February 2008). "Presses stopped in Manchester as Guardian man confirmed dead". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/feb/02/newsstory.manchesterunited2. Retrieved 9 December 2008. 
  5. ^ [1]

External links

Walter Crickmer management career stats at Soccerbase

6 February 1958
Deaths
Bent · Byrne · Colman · Crickmer · Curry · Davies · Edwards · Jones · Pegg · Swift · Taylor · Whalley · Whelan
Survivors

Berry · Blanchflower · Busby · Charlton · Foulkes · Gregg · Morgans · Scanlon · Viollet · Wood