| Walter Crook | |
| Fullname: | Walter Crook |
| Birth Date: | 28 April 1913 |
| Birth Place: | Whittle-le-Woods, Chorley, England |
| Death Place: | Mellor, England |
| Position: | Full back |
| Years1: | 1931–1947 |
| Clubs1: | Blackburn Rovers |
| Caps1: | 236 |
| Goals1: | 2 |
| Years2: | 1947–1948 |
| Clubs2: | Bolton Wanderers |
| Caps2: | 28 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 264 |
| Totalgoals: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1939 |
| Nationalteam1: | England (wartime) |
| Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 1948–1950 |
| Managerclubs1: | Ajax |
| Manageryears2: | 1950 |
| Managerclubs2: | Sparta Rotterdam |
| Manageryears3: | 1950–1953 |
| Managerclubs3: | Accrington Stanley |
| Manageryears4: | 1953–1954 |
| Managerclubs4: | Ajax |
| Manageryears5: | 1954–1955 |
| Managerclubs5: | Wigan Athletic |
Walter Crook (28 April 1913 – 27 December 1988) was an English football player and manager.
Crook, who played as a full back, played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers, making a total of 264 appearances.[1] He holds the record for most consecutive Football League appearances by a Blackburn player (208 between 1934 and 1946).[2]
Crook also made one wartime international appearance for England in 1939.[3]
Crook managed Dutch side Ajax[4] between 1948 and 1950, and again between 1953 and 1954. He also managed Sparta Rotterdam[5] [6] and English club sides Accrington Stanley and Wigan Athletic.
Walter was born in Whittle-le-Woods, the son of Jane Parker and Alfred Crook.[7] He was married to Doris Sutcliffe.[7]