Walter Cookson

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{for|the mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts|Walter J. Cookson}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Walter Cookson

| image = W S Cookson.jpg

| image_size = 150

| caption = Cookson while with Wellingborough in 1904

| fullname = Walter Stanley Cookson{{Cite book|title = Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939|last = Joyce|first = Michael|publisher = Tony Brown|year = 2012|isbn = 978-1905891610|location = Nottingham|page = 65}}

| birth_date = 6 September 1879

| birth_place = South Shore, England

| death_date = March {{Death year and age|1948|1879}}

| death_place = Surrey, England

| position = Centre forward

| years1 = | years2 = 1901–1902 | years3 = 1902–1903 | years4 = 1903–1905 | years5 = 1905 | years6 = 1905–1907 | years7 = 1907–1908

| clubs1 = Nelson | clubs2 = Bristol City | clubs3 = Blackpool | clubs4 = Wellingborough | clubs5 = Brentford | clubs6 = Portsmouth | clubs7 =Blackpool

| caps1 = | goals1 = | caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 5 | caps3 = 33 | goals3 = 8 | caps4 = 65 | goals4 = 15 | caps5 = 2| goals5 =0 | caps6 = | goals6 = | caps7 = 2 | goals7 = 1

}}

Walter Stanley Cookson (6 September 1879 – March 1948) was an English professional footballer. He played for Nelson, Bristol City, Blackpool, Wellingborough, Brentford and Portsmouth.