Full name Walter Crook Role Football player Name Walter Crook | Playing position Place of death Mellor, England Position Defender | |
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Date of birth (1912-04-28)28 April 1912 Place of birth Whittle-le-Woods, Chorley, England Date of death 27 December 1988(1988-12-27) (aged 76) Died December 27, 1988, Mellor, United Kingdom | ||
Walter Crook (28 April 1912 – 27 December 1988) was an English football player and manager.
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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. He holds the record for most consecutive Football League appearances by a Blackburn player (208 between 1934 and 1946).
Crook also made one wartime international appearance for England in 1939.
Coaching career
Crook managed Dutch side Ajax between 1948 and 1950, and again between 1953 and 1954. He also managed Sparta Rotterdam and English club sides Accrington Stanley and Wigan Athletic.
References
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