Walter Abbott
Personal information
Date of birth	7 December 1877
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Date of death	1 February 1941 (aged 63)
Place of death	Birmingham, England
Playing position	Inside-left / Left-half
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1896–1899 1899–1908 1908–1910 1910–1911	Small Heath Everton Burnley Birmingham	077 (57) 257 (32) 057 (15) 001 0(0)
National team
1902	England	001 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Walter Abbott (7 December 1877 in Small Heath, Birmingham – 1 February 1941 in Birmingham) was an English professional footballer who played for Small Heath, Everton and Burnley. For Small Heath he played at inside-left and scored 66 goals in 85 appearances in all competitions for the club. In season 1898–99 he scored a club record 42 goals of which 34 came in 34 League games.

At Everton he was turned into a half-back. While at Everton he won his only cap for England, on 3 March 1902 in a goalless draw against Wales at the Racecourse Ground, Wrexham. He also played four times for a Football League XI.

[edit] Honours

• with Small Heath
  • Second Division top scorer 1898–99.^[1]
• with Everton
  • First Division runners-up 1902, 1905.
  • FA Cup winners 1906.
  • FA Cup runners up 1907.

[edit] References

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-010-2. 

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Walter Abbott England profile at Englandstats
• Profile at efchistory.co.uk

This biographical article related to an English football defender born in the 1870s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e