Personal information | |||
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Full name | Walter Crook | ||
Date of birth | (1913-04-28)28 April 1913 | ||
Place of birth | Whittle-le-Woods, Chorley, England | ||
Date of death | 27 December 1988(1988-12-27) (aged 76) | ||
Place of death | Mellor, England | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1931–1947 | Blackburn Rovers | 236 | (2) |
1947–1948 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | (0) |
Total | 264 | (2) | |
International career | |||
1939 | England (wartime) | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1948–1950 | Ajax | ||
1950 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
1950–1953 | Accrington Stanley | ||
1953–1954 | Ajax | ||
1954–1955 | Wigan Athletic | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Walter Crook (28 April 1913 – 27 December 1988) was an English football player and manager.
Career
Playing career
Crook, who played as a full back, played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers, making a total of 264 appearances. He holds the record for most consecutive Football League appearances by a Blackburn player (208 between 1934 and 1946).
Crook also made one wartime international appearance for England in 1939.
Coaching career
Crook managed Dutch side Ajax between 1948 and 1950, and again between 1953 and 1954. He also managed Sparta Rotterdam and English club sides Accrington Stanley and Wigan Athletic.
Personal life
Walter was born in Whittle-le-Woods, the son of Jane Parker and Alfred Crook. He was married to Doris Sutcliffe.
References
- ^ "Walter Crook". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- "Walter Crook". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
- "Blackburn Official - Club Records". rovers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- "England - War-Time/Victory Internationals - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
- "Onze nieuwe trainer Walter Crook" (in Dutch). Clubnieuws Ajax. 1 August 1948. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- "Sparta heeft een nieuwe trainer" (in Dutch). Het Vrije Volk. 4 July 1950. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- "Dynamische Toon komt terug" (in Dutch). Het Vrije Volk. 2 December 1950. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Walter Crook". Stadsarchief Amsterdam. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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