| Walter Scott | |
| Fullname: | Walter Scott |
| Birth Date: | 1886 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Worksop, England |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Death Place: | Worksop, England |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Years1: | 1904–1905 |
| Clubs1: | Worksop West End |
| Years2: | 1905–1906 |
| Clubs2: | Worksop Central |
| Years3: | 1906–1907 |
| Clubs3: | Worksop Town |
| Years4: | 1907–1909 |
| Clubs4: | Grimsby Town |
| Caps4: | 80 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1909–1910 |
| Clubs5: | Everton |
| Caps5: | 18 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 1911–1913 |
| Clubs6: | Sunderland |
| Caps6: | 34 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 1913–1915 |
| Clubs7: | Shelbourne |
| Years8: | 1915– |
| Clubs8: | Belfast United |
| Years9: | –1919 |
| Clubs9: | Worksop Town |
| Years10: | 1917 |
| Clubs10: | → Brentford (guest) |
| Caps10: | 3 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 1920 |
| Clubs11: | Grimsby Town |
| Caps11: | 19 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Clubs12: | Gainsborough Trinity |
| Nationalyears1: | 1913–1914 |
| Nationalteam1: | Irish League XI |
| Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Walter Scott (21 January 1886 – 1955) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Grimsby Town, Sunderland and Everton.[2] [3] [4] [5] He notably became the first goalkeeper to save three penalties in a single match, for Grimsby Town versus Burnley in a Second Division fixture in 1909.[6] He saved 14 of 17 penalties during the 1908–09 season. He represented the Irish League XI.[7]
Scott briefly served as a private in the Army Service Corps during the First World War, being stationed at the Mechanical Transport Training Depot in Osterley Park between July and October 1917.[8]
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Everton | 1909–10 | First Division | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 1910–11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| Sunderland | 1911–12 | First Division | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Career total | 52 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 0 | |||