Billy Walker

William Baird Walker (5 May 1893 – after 1925) was a Scottish professional footballer who scored 53 goals in 188 appearances in the Football League playing for Bradford City, Birmingham, Coventry City, Merthyr Town, Bristol City and Sheffield Wednesday.

Walker was born in New Cumnock, Ayrshire. A forward, he began his football career with New Cumnock and Lugar Boswell before coming to England to join Football League First Division club and FA Cup-holders Bradford City in August 1911. He remained at the club for 18 months, playing only five league games in that time, before returning to Scotland in March 1913 suffering from homesickness. He played only rarely for the first team the following season, but scored six hat-tricks for the reserves. and kept his place at the beginning of the 1919–20 Football League season, moving on to Coventry City, newly elected to the Second Division, in November 1919. where in what remained of the 1923–24 season he scored 5 goals in 19 games.

He spent the 1924–25 season as player-manager of Weymouth, whom he led to sixth place in the Southern League Western Division and runners-up spot in the Western League, and ended his playing career with Leamington Town and Redditch Town.