| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Wigmore | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1873 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| – | Kiveton Park | ||
| –1895 | Worksop Town | ||
| 1895–1896 | Sheffield United | 1 | (0) |
| 1896 | Worksop Town | ||
| 1896–1899 | Gainsborough Trinity | 78 | (42) |
| 1899–1912 | Small Heath / Birmingham | 329 | (23) |
| 1912–1913 | Brierley Hill Alliance | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Walter Wigmore (25 February 1873 – 8 September 1931) was an English professional footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing for Sheffield United, Gainsborough Trinity and Small Heath / Birmingham in a 17-year career. In the early part of his career he played as an inside forward and later on as a centre-half.
Walter Wigmore was born in Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire but as a child moved with his family to Kiveton Park, Rotherham, 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.