Walter Crook

Walter Crook (28 April 1913 – 27 December 1988) was an English football player and manager.

Walter Crook
Personal information
Full name Walter Crook[1]
Date of birth (1913-04-28)28 April 1913[1]
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

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.[2] He holds the record for most consecutive Football League appearances by a Blackburn player (208 between 1934 and 1946).[3]

Crook also made one wartime international appearance for England in 1939.[4]

Coaching career

Crook managed Dutch side Ajax[5] between 1948 and 1950, and again between 1953 and 1954. He also managed Sparta Rotterdam[6][7] 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.[8] He was married to Doris Sutcliffe.[8]

References
  1. "Walter Crook". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. "Walter Crook". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  3. "Blackburn Official - Club Records". rovers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. "England - War-Time/Victory Internationals - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  5. "Onze nieuwe trainer Walter Crook" (in Dutch). Clubnieuws Ajax. 1 August 1948. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. "Sparta heeft een nieuwe trainer" (in Dutch). Het Vrije Volk. 4 July 1950. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  7. "Dynamische Toon komt terug" (in Dutch). Het Vrije Volk. 2 December 1950. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  8. "Walter Crook". Stadsarchief Amsterdam. Retrieved 23 August 2021.


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