Robert Henry Walker (1884 – late 1940s) was a professional

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who played for

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...

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, New Brompton,

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, and

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around the time of the

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. Walker joined Bristol Rovers from Luton town in 1912 after first playing for Middlesbrough, Spurs, New Brompton (now Gillingham), Northampton and Millwall and played 108 Southern League games, scoring forty two goals, before moving to the United States and continuing his footballing career in the Ohio League.

References

* * Grande, Frank (1997). Northampton Town F.C. - The Official Centenary History 1897-1997 - Yore Publications - ISBN 1-874427-67-4 1884 births 1940s deaths Footballers from Northallerton English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Middlesbrough F.C. players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players English emigrants to the United States {{England-footy-midfielder-1880s-stub