Walter Cook (footballer)

Walter Charles Cook (1 July 1894 – 29 June 1973) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Plymouth Argyle, Brighton & Hove Albion and Stockport County.[5][6]

For the Australian Rules footballer, see Walter Cooke (footballer).

Walter Cook
Personal information
Full name Walter Charles Cook[1]
Date of birth 1 July 1894 (1894-07)[2][3]
Place of birth Castleford, England
Date of death 24 June 1973(1973-06-24) (aged 78)[4]
Place of death Harrogate, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1918–1919 Leeds City
1919–1920 Castleford Town
1920–1924 Plymouth Argyle 7 (0)
1924–1926 Brighton & Hove Albion 52 (0)
1926 Darlington 0 (0)
1928–192? Stockport County 9 (0)
Harrogate
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

Cook was born in Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1894.[5][1] He played for Leeds City immediately after the First World War, but had left the club for Midland League club Castleford Town of the Midland League before the Football League resumed.[7] Together with Cecil Eastwood and Joe Little, Cook moved on to Plymouth Argyle in May 1920.[8] A backup to the long-serving Fred Craig, Cook eventually made his Football League debut in December 1921, but played just seven matches before joining another Third Division South club, Brighton & Hove Albion, in 1924 for a £400 fee.[9][1]

Cook was a first-team regular during his first season with Albion, but was displaced by Stan Webb in his second and left the club.[1] He joined Darlington on a month's trial later that year,[10] but did not make a first-team appearance.[11] He played nine matches in the Third Division North and two in the FA Cup for Stockport County during the first half of the 1928–29 season, before finishing his career in non-league football with Harrogate.[12][6] Cook died in Harrogate, Yorkshire, in 1973.[1]

References
  1. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. pp. 60–61. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  2. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
  3. 1939 England and Wales Register
  4. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995
  5. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  6. "Player search". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  7. "Movements of players". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 16 August 1919. pp. 9–10. Arthur Robins, the old Sheffield United winger, is again player-manager of the Castleford Town, which club is getting together a good team for the Midland League games. Those already signed on include Cook (Leeds City), goalkeeper; T. Duffield (Gainsboro'), right full-back; ...
  8. "Plymouth Argyle capture three players". Sheffield Independent. 6 May 1920. p. 6. At a meeting of the supporters of the Castleford Town F.C., yesterday, the chairman of directors announced that Cook (goalkeeper), Eastwood (centre-half), and Little (outside left) had signed for Plymouth Argyle, but would be available to play against Bradford Saturday.
  9. "Walter Cook". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  10. "Shots at goal". Lincolnshire Echo. 13 November 1926. p. 3. Darlington have engaged for a month's trial a goalkeeper named Walter Cook, formerly Brighton and Plymouth.
  11. Tweddle, Frank (2000). The Definitive Darlington F.C. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-899468-15-7.
  12. "Walter Cook". Go Go Go County. I. Watts. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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