Harry Walker (footballer)

Harry Walker
Personal information
Full name George Henry Walker
Date of birth (1916-05-20)20 May 1916
Place of birth Aysgarth, England
Date of death 9 January 1976(1976-01-09) (aged 59)
Place of death Beeston, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1938 Darlington 50 (0)
1938–1947 Portsmouth 49 (0)
1947–? Leeds United 293 (0)
Total 392 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Henry Walker (20 May 1916 – 9 January 1976) was an English football goalkeeper born in Aysgarth, North Yorkshire, who played in the Football League for Darlington, Portsmouth and Nottingham Forest. He played in the Portsmouth team that beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–1 in the 1939 FA Cup Final.

Later Harry worked for a company called Pump and Valve Service, he was a skilled engineer and lived at Beeston, a suburb of Nottingham. He had a wife called Ella. He worked for Pump and Valve Service up until his death and was survived by Ella.

He was 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) tall.