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Jack Walker (other)
Jack Walker (1929–2000) was a British industrialist and investor in Blackburn Rovers football club. Jack Walker may also refer to: * Jack Walker (baseball), Negro league baseball player * Jack Walker (cricketer) (1914–1968), English cricketer * Jack Walker (ice hockey) (1888–1950), Canadian ice hockey forward * Jack Walker (Coronation Street), a fictional character in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' * Jack Walker (association footballer) (1882–1960), English footballer * Jack Walker (rugby league) (born 1999), English rugby league player * Jack Walker (rugby union) (born 1996), English rugby union player * Jack Walker (Australian footballer, born 1892) (1892–1916), Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda * Jack Walker (Australian footballer, born 1910) (1910–1982), Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong * Jack Walker (athlete), English pole vaulter * Jack D. Walker (1922–2005), Lieutenant Governor of Kansas * Jack E. Walker (1910†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Walker
Jack Walker (19 May 1929 – 17 August 2000) was a British industrialist and businessman. Walker built his fortune in the steel industry, amassing a personal fortune of £600 million. He then went on to become the owner and benefactor of Blackburn Rovers Football Club, winning the 1994–95 FA Premier League under his guidance. Business Walkersteel The youngest of three children, Walker was born in Blackburn and left school at 13. Walker worked as a sheet metal worker and a conscript craftsman in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. In 1951, following the death of his father Charles, Walker took over the family sheet metal business. Walkersteel was built from a back-street scrap metal business to a major force in the steel industry. By 1990 Walker had built up the business so successfully that it had become the largest steel stockholder in Britain, employing 3,400 people at 50 sites. In 1988 the business was making an annual profit of £48m. Walkersteel completed a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |