Walter Bird (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Walter Smith Bird | ||
Date of birth | 12 July 1891 | ||
Place of birth | Hugglescote, England | ||
Date of death | 2 March 1965 | (aged 73)||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1908–1909 | Ellistown St Christopher's | ||
1909–1910 | Hugglescote United | ||
1910–1912 | Coalville Swifts | ||
1912–1915 | Notts County | 10 | (2) |
1919–1920 | Grimsby Town | 7 | (2) |
1920–1921 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | (5) |
1921–1923 | Dundee | ||
1923–1924 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
1924–1925 | Kilmarnock | ||
1925–192? | Loughborough Corinthians | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Walter Smith Bird (12 July 1891 – 2 March 1965) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Notts County". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Lamming, Douglas (1985). A who's who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890-1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 18. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.
Categories:
- 1891 births
- 1965 deaths
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football inside forwards
- Coalville Swifts F.C. players
- Notts County F.C. players
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- Bristol Rovers F.C. players
- Dundee F.C. players
- Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Loughborough Corinthians F.C. players
- English Football League players
- People from Hugglescote
- Footballers from Leicestershire
- 20th-century English sportsmen