Walter John Zealley (2 November 1874 – 15 May 1956) was an English

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who played as an inside-left. He represented

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at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, winning a gold medal as a member of Upton Park club team. He scored one goal. Zealley was a dairy farmer, working on the family farm in Dorset, and a

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in the Dorset Yeomanry. His brother, Arthur, played

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for

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. He played as an amateur with

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, where he scored 73 goals in 226 appearances between 1899 and 1908. He regularly joined Upton Park for annual tours of Britain, the

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and France.

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* 1874 births 1956 deaths Footballers from Dorset English men's footballers Men's association football inside forwards English Olympic competitors Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic footballers for Great Britain Footballers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Bridport F.C. players Upton Park F.C. players Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry soldiers Military personnel from Dorset Territorial Force soldiers 19th-century British Army personnel 20th-century British Army personnel {{UK-Olympic-medalist-stub