Ron Walker (English footballer)
English footballer (1932-2017)
Ronald Walker (4 February 1932 – 29 October 2017) was an English footballer who played as an outside left for Doncaster Rovers and Bath City.
Career
Sunderland
Walker was an amateur at Sunderland before his move to Doncaster in 1950 at the age of 18.
Doncaster Rovers
He made his debut first team appearance in the Division 2 game at Lincoln City on 30 August 1952 in front of a crowd of 20,775 and scored his first goal in his next match at Huddersfield on 9 September in a 3−1 defeat. In his first season, he played either outside left or inside left, scoring 4 times in his 21 games.
The following season was similar, though for the 1954−55 season competition for places was tough with him playing 8 games, and without scoring. Next season was marginally better with the same appearances but scoring 3 times, including the first time he had scored in a club win as he and Alick Jeffrey put goals past West Ham United in a 2−1 victory at Belle Vue.
Walker featured more in the 1956−57 season with 9 goals in 30 games, leaving him as 3rd top scorer at the club. Doncaster were relegated the next season but Walker ended up as top scorer with 9 goals and played in every League and FA Cup game. A second successive relegation came for Doncaster, and with it Walker was again top scorer at the club, sharing this with Jimmy Fletcher. Now in Division 4, Walker played in all but 2 league and FA Cup games, scoring his very first FA Cup goal in the round 1 replay win at Gainsborough Trinity.
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