Wilf Walsh
{{short description|Welsh footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Wilf Walsh
| image =
| fullname = Wilfred Walsh
| birth_date = 29 July 1917
| birth_place = Pontlottyn, Wales
| death_date = {{death year and age|1977|1917}}
| height =
| position = Outside right, Inside forward
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1935–1939
| years2 = 1936–1938
| years3 = 1938–1947
| years4 = 1947–1948
| clubs1 = Arsenal
| clubs2 = → Margate (loan)
| clubs3 = Derby County
| clubs4 = Walsall
| caps1 = 3
| caps2 =
| caps3 = 1
| caps4 = 33
| goals1 = 0
| goals2 =
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 4
| manageryears1 =
| managerclubs1 = Redditch United
| managerclubs2 = Hednesford Town
}}
Wilfred Walsh (29 July 1917, in Pontlottyn – 1977) was a Welsh footballer who played at outside right and inside forward.
Career
He started his career at Arsenal in 1935, turning professional in 1936. However he spent two years on loan at Arsenal's nursery club Margate before returning to the Gunners and making his league debut against Preston North End on 22 October 1938, a match that Arsenal won 1–0. Walsh made a total of three first-class appearances for Arsenal, all of them in the First Division, before being transferred to Derby County in June 1939.{{cite book |
last=Harris|first=Jeff|editor-last=Hogg|editor-first=Tony |
title=Arsenal Who's Who |
publisher=Independent UK Sports |
year=1995 |
isbn=1-899429-03-4 }}
Walsh played for Derby during World War II and made a single League appearance in 1946–47. He moved to Walsall in March 1947 and made 33 appearances for them before his retirement from League football in 1948, making a total of 37 Football League appearances in a career interrupted by the Second World War.{{cite book | first=Michael|last=Joyce | title=Football League Players' Records 1888–1939| publisher=Tony Brown | year=2004| isbn=1-899468-67-6}}{{cite book | first=Barry J.|last= Hugman | title=Canon League Football Players' Records 1946-1984| publisher=Newnes Books | year=1984| isbn=0-600-37318-5}} Walsh later managed non-league sides Redditch United and Hednesford Town.
References
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Category:Welsh men's footballers
Category:Derby County F.C. players
Category:Hednesford Town F.C. players
Category:Welsh football managers
Category:English Football League players
Category:Men's association football forwards
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