Walter Crook

Walter Crook (28 April 1913 – 27 December 1988) was an English football player and manager.

Walter Crook

Personal information
Full name	Walter Crook[1]
Date of birth	(1913-04-28)28 April 1913[1]
Place of birth	Whittle-le-Woods, Chorley, England
Date of death	27 December 1988(1988-12-27) (aged 76)
Place of death	Mellor, England
Position(s)	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1931–1947	Blackburn Rovers	236	(2)
1947–1948	Bolton Wanderers	28	(0)
Total		264	(2)
International career
1939	England (wartime)	1	(0)
Managerial career
1948–1950	Ajax
1950	Sparta Rotterdam
1950–1953	Accrington Stanley
1953–1954	Ajax
1954–1955	Wigan Athletic
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Playing career

Crook, who played as a full back, played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers, making a total of 264 appearances.^[2] He holds the record for most consecutive Football League appearances by a Blackburn player (208 between 1934 and 1946).^[3]

Crook also made one wartime international appearance for England in 1939.^[4]

Coaching career

Crook managed Dutch side Ajax^[5] between 1948 and 1950, and again between 1953 and 1954. He also managed Sparta Rotterdam^[6][7] and English club sides Accrington Stanley and Wigan Athletic.

Personal life

Walter was born in Whittle-le-Woods, the son of Jane Parker and Alfred Crook.^[8] He was married to Doris Sutcliffe.^[8]