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Billy Walker (29 October, 1897 - 28 November, 1964) was a prominent England|English Association football|footballer of the 1920s and 1930s.
Biography
One of Aston Villa|Aston Villa's true legends, Walker was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire. He joined Villa in 1914 and stayed at Villa Park his entire playing career, retiring in 1934.
He made 531 appearances for Villa between 1919 and 1933, scoring 244 goals. He remains Aston Villa FC's all-time top goalscorer to this day. He was an FA Cup Winner with Villa in 1920.
Walker played for England National Football Team|England 18 times, scoring 8 goals.
He also successfully managed Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday leading them to the FA Cup in 1935, and Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest from 1939 to 1960, bringing promotion to the First Division in 1956-57 and an FA Cup final triumph two years later. He was also the first Englishman to score at Wembley, when he scored against Scotland on April 12, 1924.
Career honours
Honours as player
=Aston Villa=
Winner
* 1920 FA Cup Final 1920|FA Cup
Runner Up
* 1924 FA Cup Final 1924|FA Cup
Honours as manager
=Sheffield Wednesday=
Winner
* 1935 FA Cup Final 1935|FA Cup
=Nottingham Forest=
Winner
* 1959 FA Cup Final 1959|FA Cup
Runner Up
* 1957 Football League Second... read all
