Frank Walker (Scottish footballer)

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Frank Walker

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| fullname = Francis Gemmell Fulton Walker

| birth_date = 1897

| birth_place = Lochwinnoch, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death year and age|1949|1897}}

| death_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

| height =

| position = Inside forward

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1916–1917

| clubs1 = Queen's Park

| caps1 = 12

| goals1 = 6

| years2 = 1919–1927

| clubs2 = Third Lanark

| caps2 = 188

| goals2 = 68

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| nationalyears1 = 1922

| nationalteam1 = Scotland

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Francis Gemmell Fulton Walker (1897–1949) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 180 appearances as an inside forward in the Scottish League for Third Lanark.{{Cite web |title=Name: Walker, Francis Gemmell Fulton |url=http://www.qpfc.com/appearances/w/walkerdfgf.htm |access-date=23 July 2021 |website=QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website}}{{Cite book |last=Litster |first=John |title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich}} He was capped by Scotland at international level.{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Paul |title=Scotland Who's Who: International Players 1872–2013 |publisher=Pitch Publishing |year=2013 |page=278}}

Personal life

Walker attended Paisley Grammar School and his two older brothers, Willie and Jim, also played football for Queen's Park.{{Cite web |title=The Queen's Park Men Who Served And Survived As At April 2017 – Appendix 1 |url=https://queensparkfc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Appendix-1.pdf |access-date=14 October 2016 |page=14}}{{Cite news |date=11 August 1928 |title=Queen's Park Players and Professionalism |work=Edinburgh Evening News |url=https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1928/1928081127.htm |access-date=18 January 2021}} After leaving school, he took up a job as a civil servant.{{Cite web |title=Some Football Reminisces By Frank Walker |url=http://www.scottishsporthistory.com/uploads/3/3/6/0/3360867/frank_walker.pdf |access-date=14 October 2016 |page=1}} In March 1917, during the First World War, Walker was called up to serve with the Royal Field Artillery. Holding the rank of bombardier, he was part of the Army of Occupation and was stationed in Cologne. After retiring from football due to a broken leg, Walker became an income tax inspector.

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