Jock Walker

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{other people||John Walker (disambiguation){{!}}John Walker}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jock Walker

| fullname = John Walker

| birth_date = 17 November 1883{{cite book | last = Mitchell | first = Andy | url=https://www.scottishsporthistory.com/the-men-who-made-scotland.html |title = The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939 | publisher = Amazon | year = 2021 | isbn=9798513846642}}

| birth_place = Beith, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age |1968|12|16|1882|10|8|df=y}}

| death_place = Swindon, England

| height =

| position = Left back

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| years1 = 1900–1901

| clubs1 = Eastern Burnside

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| years2 = 1901–1902

| clubs2 = Cambuslang Rangers

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| years3 = 1902–1903

| clubs3 = Burnbank Athletic

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| years4 = 1903–1904

| clubs4 = Raith Rovers

| caps4 = 7

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1904–1907

| clubs5 = Rangers

| caps5 = 14

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1904–1905

| clubs6 = → Beith (loan)

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| years7 = 1905

| clubs7 = → Ayr Parkhouse (loan)

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| years8 = 1905

| clubs8 = → Royal Albert (loan)

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| years9 = 1906–1907

| clubs9 = → Cowdenbeath (loan)

| caps9 = 19

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 1907–1913

| clubs10 = Swindon Town

| caps10 = 223

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 1913–1921

| clubs11 = Middlesbrough

| caps11 = 106

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 1915–1916

| clubs12 = → Swindon Town (guest)

| caps12 = 9

| goals12 = 0

| years13 = 1921–1923

| clubs13 = Reading

| caps13 = 59

| goals13 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1911–1913

| nationalteam1 = Scotland

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 =

| nationalteam2 = Southern League XI

| nationalcaps2 = 4

| nationalgoals2 =

}}

John Walker (17 November 1883 – 16 December 1968) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left back and is perhaps best remembered for his six seasons in the Southern League with Swindon Town.{{Cite book |title=Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 |last=Joyce |first=Michael |date=16 October 2012 |publisher=Tony Brown |isbn=9781905891610 |edition=3rd Revised |page=298}}{{harv|Smith|2013|p=279}} He also played in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers, Rangers and Cowdenbeath and in the Football League for Middlesbrough and Reading.{{Cite web |url=https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/new_look_history/9656207.Super_jock_Jock_was_a_rock_in_Town_s_defence/ |title=Super jock Jock was a rock in Town's defence |date=18 April 2012 |website=Swindon Advertiser |access-date=22 September 2018}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.royalsrecord.co.uk/players/appear.html |title=Oldest and Youngest Players |website=RoyalsRecord |access-date=22 September 2018 |archive-date=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719083924/http://www.royalsrecord.co.uk/players/appear.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=https://playupliverpool.com/1968/12/16/john-walker-jock-walker-playupliverpool-com/ |title=John Walker (Jock Walker) |date=28 March 1910 |website=Athletic News |via=Play Up, Liverpool |access-date=22 September 2018}}{{Cite web |url=http://vintagefootballers.com/product/walker-jock-image-1-reading-1921/ |title=Walker John "Jock" Image 1 Reading 1921 |website=Vintage Footballers |language=en-GB |access-date=30 December 2018}} After retiring from football he ran a fish-and-chip shop in Swindon.

Walker won nine caps for Scotland at international levelIn the Scottish Football Association's [https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=112974 website profile], Walker's record has been appended in error onto that of John Walker (footballer, born 1873) who gained 5 caps / 3 goals between 1895 and 1904.[https://www.londonhearts.com/scotland/players/john2walker.html Scotland player Jock Walker], London Hearts Supporters Club[http://gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.com/2014/03/ireland-v-scotland-1913.html?m=0 Ireland v Scotland 1913], Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937, 17 March 2014{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/scotland-game-was-nearly-life-and-death-1516543 |title=The Scotland game that was nearly life and death |work=The Scotsman |date=3 January 2015 |access-date=3 October 2021 |first=Martyn |last=McLaughlin}} and represented the Southern League XI.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M9lAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=J6YMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2870%2C6338435 Football. Southern League, 1; Scottish League, 0], The Glasgow Herald, 25 October 1910[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N8lAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VqYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2893%2C5087957 Football. Southern League, 1; Scottish League, 0], The Glasgow Herald, 15 October 1912[http://gottfriedfuchs.blogspot.com/2017/11/ Football League v Southern League], Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937, 27 November 2017