Walter Bunch | |
Fullname: | Walter Wilbert Swanson Bunch |
Position: | Full back |
Birth Date: | 1872 8, df=y |
Birth Place: | Weston-super-Mare, England |
Death Place: | Somerset, England |
Youthclubs1: | Compton Colts |
Clubs1: | Willenhall Institute |
Clubs2: | Blakenhall |
Years3: | 1895–1899 |
Caps3: | 7 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | – |
Clubs4: | Eastville Rovers |
Years5: | 1899–1901 |
Clubs5: | Walsall |
Caps5: | 61 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Years6: | 1901–1902 |
Clubs6: | Small Heath |
Caps6: | 2 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Walter Wilbert Swanson Bunch (15 August 1872 – 1937) was an English professional footballer who made 70 appearances in the Football League playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Walsall and Small Heath.[1]
Bunch was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. A full back, he entered league football when he joined First Division side Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 1895. He made his Football League debut on 4 January 1896 in a 4–0 defeat at Bolton Wanderers. Only ever a reserve, he made just seven first-team appearances during four seasons with the club.[2]
He moved to Walsall in the 1899 close season,[3] and played regularly, making 61 appearances in two seasons.[1] At the end of his second season, Walsall failed to gain re-election to the Football League,[4] so he signed for a third Midlands club, Small Heath, in September 1901.[3] He played three times in the 1901–02 season, deputising for established full-backs Archie Goldie and Arthur Archer,[5] but was forced to retire in 1902, his career cut short by illness and injury.[3]
He went on to run a pub in Dudley,[3] and died in Somerset in 1937.[2]