Robert Walker (footballer, born 1884)

Robert Walker

Personal information
Full name	Robert Henry Walker
Date of birth	January 1884
Place of birth	Northallerton, England
Date of death	late 1940s
Place of death	Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Position(s)	Inside Right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1906–1906	Middlesbrough	14	(3)
1906–1908	Tottenham Hotspur	25	(3)
1908	New Brompton	8	(0)
1908–1910	Northampton Town	67	(24)
1910–1911	Millwall	16
1911–1912	Luton Town	28	(8)
1912–1915	Bristol Rovers	108	(11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Henry Walker (1884 – late 1940s) was a professional footballer who played for Luton Town, Bristol Rovers, Millwall, Northampton, New Brompton, Tottenham Hotspur, and Middlesbrough around the time of the First World War.

Walker joined Bristol Rovers from Luton town in 1912 after first playing for Middlesbrough, Spurs, New Brompton (now Gillingham), Northampton and Millwall and played 108 Southern League games, scoring forty two goals, before moving to the United States and continuing his footballing career in the Ohio League.

References

• Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. pp. 100 & 493. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.

• Grande, Frank (1997). Northampton Town F.C. - The Official Centenary History 1897-1997 - Yore Publications - ISBN 1-874427-67-4