Ernest John Munro Walker

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(7 July 1928 – 14 May 2011), known as Ernie Walker, was a Scottish

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

administrator who served as the Secretary of the Scottish Football Association from 1977 to 1990. He was also Chairman of

UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...

's Stadia Committee for more than a decade. Walker was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the

1989 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1989 were appointments by most of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries, and honorary ones to citizens of other countries ...

and upgraded to Commander (CBE) in the 1995 Birthday Honours.The United Kingdom:

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1928 births 2011 deaths Chief executives of the Scottish Football Association Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Sportspeople from Glasgow Place of death missing 20th-century Scottish businesspeople {{Scotland-footy-bio-stub