Frank Walker (Scottish footballer)

Frank Walker
Personal information
Full name Francis Gemmell Fulton Walker[1]
Date of birth 1897
Place of birth Lochwinnoch, Scotland
Date of death 1949 (aged 51–52)[2]
Place of death Edinburgh, Scotland
Playing position Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1916–1917 Queen's Park 12 (6)
1919–1927 Third Lanark
National team
1922 Scotland 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Francis Gemmell Fulton Walker (1897–1949) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Scottish League for Third Lanark.[1] He was capped by Scotland at international level.[3]

Personal life

Walker attended Paisley Grammar School and his two older brothers, Willie and Jim, also played football for Queen's Park.[2] After leaving school, he took up a job as a civil servant.[4] In March 1917, during the First World War, Walker was called up to serve with the Royal Field Artillery.[2] Holding the rank of bombardier, he was part of the Army of Occupation and was stationed in Cologne.[2] After retiring from football due to a broken leg, Walker became an income tax inspector.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Queen's Park And The Great War: 1914 To 1918" (PDF). p. 13. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Paul Smith (2013). Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013. Pitch Publishing. p. 278.
  4. ↑ "Some Football Reminisces By Frank Walker" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Walker 1928, p. 5.


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