Walter Ashmore

Walter Ashmore
Personal information
Full name Walter William Ashmore
Date of birth October – December 1861
Place of birth Smethwick, England
Date of death 1940 (aged 7879)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1886-1888 West Bromwich Standard F.C.
1888–1889 Aston Villa 1 (0)
Aston Unity F.C.
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Ashmore (1861–1940) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa.

Born between 1 October 1861 and 31 December 1861, Walter Ashmore first came to prominence in the West Midlands when he signed for West Bromwich Standard FC in 1886. (One source states he signed for West Bromwich Standard F.C. in 1887) He spent a couple of seasons with Standard and then moved to Aston Villa as a reserve goalkeeper for Jimmy Warner.