Jim Walker (Scottish footballer)
 Third Lanark team during 1923 tour – Walker kneeling, far left | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Walker[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1893[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Paisley, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1914–1919 | Queen's Park | 15 | (3) |
| 1919–1925 | Third Lanark | 189 | (7) |
| 1925–1926 | Dundee United | 33 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Walker was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 180 appearances as an inside forward in the Scottish League for Third Lanark.[3] He took part in the club's off-season tour of South America in 1923.[4][5] He also played for Dundee United and Queen's Park.[3]
An appearance in the 1920 Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match was the closest he came to any international recognition.[3][6]
Personal life
[edit]Walker's brothers Willie and Frank were also Queen's Park footballers.[7][8] He served in the Glasgow Highlanders during the First World War and was a school teacher by profession.[7][8][2]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Queen's Park | 1913–14[1] | Scottish Division One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1914–15[1] | 13 | 4 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 15 | 4 | |||
| 1918–19[1] | 4 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 4 | ||
| Third Lanark | 1919–20[3] | Scottish Division One | 40 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | |
| 1920–21[3] | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | |||
| 1921–22[3] | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | |||
| 1922–23[3] | 30 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | 38 | 2 | |||
| 1923–24[3] | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | |||
| 1924–25[3] | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| Total | 189 | 7 | 18 | 0 | — | 207 | 7 | |||
| Dundee United | 1925–26[9] | Scottish Division One | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 3 | |
| Career total | 241 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 264 | 14 | ||
- ^ Appearance in the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup
- ^ 1 appearance in Glasgow Cup, 1 appearance in War Fund Shield
- ^ Appearance in Victory Cup
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Walker, James". QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ a b 'Highland Pride': La Plata, Argentina to Liverpool, England, 4 Aug 1923, UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878–1960, via Ancestry (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ Ciullini, Pablo. "Río de la Plata Trip of Third Lanark 1923". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ Potter, David (15 August 2009). Tommy McInally: Celtic's Bad Bhoy. Black & White Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84502-578-6.
- ^ Football. | International Trial, The Glasgow Herald, 31 March 1920. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Queen's Park And The Great War: 1914 To 1918" (PDF). p. 14. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Queen's Park Players and Professionalism". Edinburgh Evening News. 11 August 1928. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Jim Walker | Player Statistics". Arab Archive. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
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- British Army personnel of World War I
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- Glasgow Highlanders soldiers
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