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Jimmy Walker		Johnny Walker

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John Walker Appearances

First Black professional player to play in Scotland. He died of consumption (tuberculosis) in August 1900, aged 24.

Birthplace	Smeaton Close Leith Scotland	Birth Date	20-Jun-1876
Place of Death	5 Queen Street, Leith	Date of Death	1-Aug-1900
Height		Weight
First Game	1898-10-29 Sat	Last Game	1899-05-15 Mon
Player Key	Walker John

		Appearances               Back to Top							Results NB pen shootout=D									Discipline			Goals
Comp	V	Plays	Starts	Sub Used	Is Sub	Sub NU	Tot		W	D	L	W	D	L	F	A		Y	R		Pen	Tot		Ratio	V	Comp
L Div One	H	3	3	0	0	0	3		3	0	0	100%	0%	0%	11	5						0			H	L Div One
L Div One	A	3	3	0	0	0	3		1	0	2	33%	0%	66%	8	6						1		0.3333	A	L Div One
L Div One Total		6	6	0	0	0	6		4	0	2	66%	0%	33%	19	11						1		0.1667		L Div One Total
COMP TOTAL		6	6	0	0	0	6		4	0	2	66%	0%	33%	19	11						1		0.1667		COMP TOTAL
Shield	A	1	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	1	0						0			A	Shield
Shield Total		1	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	1	0						0				Shield Total
Other L	H	1	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	4	1						0			H	Other L
Other L	A	2	2	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	50%	50%	0%	4	3					1	1		0.5000	A	Other L
Other L Total		3	3	0	0	0	3		2	1	0	66%	33%	0%	8	4					1	1		0.3333		Other L Total
COMP L2 TOTAL		4	4	0	0	0	4		3	1	0	75%	25%	0%	9	4					1	1		0.2500		COMP L2 TOTAL
F	H	1	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	4	1						0			H	F
F	A	1	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	100%	0%	0%	4	2						0			A	F
F Total		2	2	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	100%	0%	0%	8	3						0				F Total
ALL TOTAL		12	12	0	0	0	12		9	1	2	75%	8%	16%	36	18					1	2		0.1667		ALL TOTAL

No Occurences of Goals Scored
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Competitive Games	1
All Games	2

Club History Back to Top
Date	Hearts	Type	Club	Cost	Notes	Signed by	Sold by
1-Jul-1897	Pre	Player	Leith Primrose		Nominal Date
8-Mar-1898	Bought From	Player	Leith Athletic		Signing reported in Scottish Referee 11 March 1898
25-Oct-1898	HMFC	Player	Heart Of Midlothian		The first black player ever to command a transfer fee
17-Aug-1899	Sold To	Player	Lincoln City		The first black footballer to play in both the Scottish League and the Football League
14-Jan-1900	Post	Player	Released		Released (along with several others) in mid-Jan 1900

Appearances by Season Total excludes Friendlies Back to Top
		Totals					League			S Cup			L Cup			Europe			Friendlies
Season	Ranking	G	Starts	Sub Used	Sub	Sbd	G	Sta rts	Sub Usd	G	Sta rts	Sub Usd	G	Sta rts	Sub Usd	G	Sta rts	Sub Usd	G	Sta rts	Sub Usd
1898-99	12	6	6				6	6				0	0		0	0		0	2	2	0
Total		6	6	0	0	0	6	6				0	0		0	0		0	3	3	0

Appearances by Team Back to Top
		League			S Cup			L Cup			Europe			Competitive						L2 Comp			Friendlies			Totals
Team	Ranking	P	S U	G	P	SU	G	P	S U	G	P	S U	G	P	S U	G	W	D	L	P	S U	G	P	S U	G	P	Sta rts	Is Sub	Su bd	Sub NU	G	W	D	L
Celtic	610 equal	1												1					1							1	1							1
Dundee	472 equal	1												1			1									1	1					1
Hibernian	574 equal	1		1										1		1	1			2			1			4	4				1	3	1
Raith Rovers	Non Comp																			2		1				2	2				1	2
St Bernards	62 equal	1												1			1									1	1					1
Third Lanark	182 equal	2												2			1		1							2	2					1		1
Wishaw Thistle	Non Comp																						1			1	1					1

Goals by Season NB Total excludes Friendlies Back to Top
		Total			League			S Cup			L Cup			Europe			Friendlies
Season	Ranking	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A
1898-99	7 eq	2		2	1		1
Total		1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goals by Team NB Total excludes Friendlies Back to Top
		Total			League			S Cup			L Cup			Europe			Friendlies
Team	Ranking	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A	Tot	H	A
Hibernian	121 eq	1		1	1		1
Raith Rovers	---

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