Walter Aitkenhead
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox football biography Walter Campbell Allison Aitkenhead (21 May 1887 – 19 July 1966) was a Scottish footballer who played for Partick Thistle, Blackburn Rovers and the Scotland national team.
Aitkenhead was born in Maryhill, Glasgow and played just four matches for his first club Partick Thistle before being signed by English club Blackburn Rovers in September 1906.[1] He remained with Blackburn for the remainder of his career, winning the 1911-12 and 1913-14 league championships. He made just one appearance for Scotland, scoring twice in a 4–1 win against Ireland on 16 March 1912. He also took part in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial match in 1911[2] and 1914.[3]
During the First World War he "guested" for Preston North End for several seasons.[4] After retiring in 1918 he worked at management level in the Lancashire cotton industry, serving as chairman of a local firm in Blackburn for almost 40 years.[4] He died at Cheadle Royal Hospital in Cheshire.[5]
References
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- ↑ Football. | Anglo-Scots v. Home Scots, The Scotsman, 21 March 1911, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
- ↑ Association Trial Match At Glasgow., The Scotsman, 16 March 1914, scan via London Hearts Supporters Club
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- ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1995
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External links
- Template:SFA profile
- Wattie Aitkenhead at Spartacus Educational
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- 1887 births
- 1966 deaths
- Scottish men's footballers
- Scotland men's international footballers
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Scottish Football League players
- Men's association football forwards
- People from Maryhill
- Footballers from Glasgow
- Preston North End F.C. wartime guest players
- 20th-century Scottish sportsmen