George Walker (born 24 May 1909)
was a Scottish
footballer
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who played as a
centre half
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
St Mirren,
Notts County
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,
Crystal Palace
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* Crystal Palace Barracks, London, Ontario
* Crystal Palace (Montreal), an exhibition building
* ...
,
Watford
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Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, a ...
and
Scotland
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.
He made 102
Football League
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appearances for Crystal Palace, scoring once, between June 1936 and July 1939.
He was the nephew of
Heart of Midlothian and Scotland
forward
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** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
Bobby Walker; his sisters were both married to footballers on the same day in 1935 (Jenny to
Bobby Hogg of
Celtic
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Sports Fo ...
and Mary to
Tom Fenner latterly of
Bradford City
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Th ...
).
Double footie marriage in Paisley
Daily Record, 30 March 2013
References
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;Sources
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External links
*
George Walker
at holmesdale.net
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1909 births
Year of death missing
Footballers from Musselburgh
Scottish men's footballers
Scotland men's international footballers
Men's association football central defenders
St Mirren F.C. players
Notts County F.C. players
Crystal Palace F.C. players
Watford F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
Scottish Junior Football Association players
English Football League players
Scottish Football League representative players
Rosslyn Juniors F.C. players