Walther Braithwaite

{{Short description|Surinamese footballer and manager (1933–2018)}}

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| name = Walther Braithwaite

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|11|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nickerie, Surinam

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|01|07|1933|11|18|df=yes}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nieuws-suriname.nl/walther-braithwaite-overleden/ |title=Walther Braithwaite overleden |website=De Ware Tijd via Nieuws Suriname|access-date=16 April 2021|language=nl}}

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| position = Midfielder, left-back

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| youthclubs1 = VV Robinhood

| years1 = 1950–1956

| clubs1 = Transvaal

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| years2 = 1956–1964

| clubs2 = Voorwaarts

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| manageryears1 = 1976–1977

| managerclubs1 = Suriname

| manageryears2 = 1985–1986

| managerclubs2 = Suriname

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Walther Braithwaite (18 November 1933 – 7 January 2018) was a Surinamese football manager and player who played as a midfielder and left-back in the Surinamese Hoofdklasse for Transvaal and Voorwaarts. He also managed the Suriname national team for the nation's 1978 and 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns, finishing in eighth place in the finals in Mexico in the 1978 edition.{{cite web|url=http://www.soccer-db.info/index.php?option=com_joomsport&task=player&id=54106|title=Walther Braithwaite profile|publisher=Soccer-db.info|accessdate=24 December 2015}}

He was also a cricket player and winner of three gold medals, who played for cricket club Rood-Wit in the Netherlands.{{cite web|url=http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/stut004eers01_01/stut004eers01_01_0036.php|title=Braithwaite, Walther|publisher=Ricky W. Stutgard, De eerste Surinaamse sportencyclopedie (1893-1988). Alberga, Paramaribo, 1990|accessdate=24 December 2015}}