Dave Waller Explained

Dave Harold Waller
Birth Date:20 December 1963
Birth Place:Urmston, England
Height:5 ft 10 in[1]
Position:Forward
Years1:1981–1986
Caps1:168
Goals1:55
Years2:1986–1987
Caps2:11
Goals2:3
Years3:1987–1991
Caps3:119
Goals3:53
Years4:1991–1992
Caps4:5
Goals4:0
Caps5:?
Goals5:?
Clubs6:Glapwell
Caps6:?
Goals6:?
Years7:1996–1998
Caps7:37
Goals7:17
Totalcaps:340
Totalgoals:128

David Harold Waller (born 20 December 1963 in Urmston, Lancashire) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League, as a forward for clubs including Crewe Alexandra, Shrewsbury Town and Chesterfield.

Career

Waller signed a professional contract at Crewe in 1982. After scoring 55 goals in four season at Gresty Road, he was sold to Shrewsbury for £20,000 in 1986, but suffered an injury soon after, and was sold for £3,000 to Chesterfield, becoming the last player signed by John Duncan during his first spell in charge.[2] Waller scored 37 goals in his first two seasons at Chesterfield; in the 1988–89 season he equalled Jimmy Cookson's feat of scoring in eight successive League games. However, he suffered a serious cruciate ligament injury during the following season (his 16 league goals still made him the club's leading scorer),[3] and eventually left the club, playing for non-league teams while running a stall on Chesterfield's market. He was player/manager at Glapwell in 1993, and retired from football at the end of the 1997–1998 season.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 . Peter . Dunk . Queen Anne Press . London . 1987 . 130 . 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. Web site: Dave Waller. Sky is Blue: The Chesterfield football history resource. 30 March 2017.
  3. Book: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 . Rollin, Jack . 1990 . Queen Anne Press . London . 190 . 0-356-17911-7.