Dawson Walker

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Dawson Walker (14 March 1916 – 17 August 1973) was manager of the Scotland national football team in 1958.{{cite news | url = https://www.clydefc.co.uk/news/2023/09/clydes-capped-scotland-players/ | title = CLYDE’S CAPPED SCOTLAND PLAYERS | publisher = Clyde FC | date = 12 September 2023 | access-date = 2 November 2023 }} Walker was left in charge of the players due to the Munich air disaster, in which official manager Matt Busby was seriously injured.{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_manager_profile.cfm?page=463&managerID=2&squadID=1 |title=Matt Busby - Scotland A Squad Coach |publisher=Scottish Football Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616075432/http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_manager_profile.cfm?page=463&managerID=2&squadID=1 |archive-date=16 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/scot-intres1960.html |title=Scotland - International Matches 1956-1960 |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|date=13 December 2018 |accessdate=3 March 2019 |first1=Alan |last1=Brown |first2=Gabriele |last2=Tossani}}

Career

Walker became trainer for Clyde when Johnny Haddow was appointed manager in 1956. He had previously been trainer for Ashfield Juniors.{{cite news | url = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000566/19621125/113/0031?browse=False | title = MANAGER AND TRAINER QUIT CLYDE | newspaper = Sunday Post | date = 25 November 1962 | access-date = 2 March 2023 | via = British Newspaper Archive | url-access=subscription }}

While the trainer at Shawfield, Walker would later become the trainer for the Scottish League XI and then the Scotland national team. He was Scotland's trainer on more than 80 occasions - an all-time record then.

Along with Haddow, both men resigned from their positions with the club in 1962.

Managerial statistics

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rowspan="2"\|Team !rowspan="2"\|Nat !rowspan="2"\|From !rowspan="2"\|To !colspan="5"\|Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
align=left\|Scotland (caretaker) \|{{flagicon\|Scotland}} \|align=left\|6 February 1958 \|align=left\|15 June 1958 {{WDL\|6\|1\|2\|3}}

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rowspan="2"|Team

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Win %

align=left|Scotland (caretaker)

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|align=left|6 February 1958

|align=left|15 June 1958