Dawson Walker Explained

Dawson Walker
Fullname:Dawson Walker
Birth Date:14 March 1916
Birth Place:Dundee, Scotland
Manageryears1:1958
Managerclubs1:Scotland (caretaker)

Dawson Walker (14 March 1916 – 17 August 1973) was manager of the Scotland national football team in 1958.[1] Walker was left in charge of the players due to the Munich air disaster, in which official manager Matt Busby was seriously injured.[2] [3]

Career

Walker became trainer for Clyde when Johnny Haddow was appointed manager in 1956. He had previously been trainer for Ashfield Juniors.[4]

While the trainer at Shawfield, Walker would later become the trainer for the Scottish League XI and then the Scotland national team. He was Scotland's trainer on more than 80 occasions - an all-time record then.[4]

Along with Haddow, both men resigned from their positions with the club in 1962.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: CLYDE’S CAPPED SCOTLAND PLAYERS . Clyde FC . 12 September 2023 . 2 November 2023 .
  2. Web site: Matt Busby - Scotland A Squad Coach . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616075432/http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/football_manager_profile.cfm?page=463&managerID=2&squadID=1 . 16 June 2011 . dead .
  3. Web site: Scotland - International Matches 1956-1960 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 13 December 2018 . 3 March 2019 . Alan . Brown . Gabriele . Tossani.
  4. News: MANAGER AND TRAINER QUIT CLYDE . . 25 November 1962 . 2 March 2023 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .